Toleration Definition

tŏlə-rāshən
noun
The act or an instance of tolerating.
Webster's New World
Tolerance with respect to the actions and beliefs of others.
American Heritage
Tolerance; esp., freedom to hold religious views that differ from the established ones.
Webster's New World

Specifically, the allowance by a government (other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.

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Other Word Forms of Toleration

Noun

Singular:
toleration
Plural:
tolerations

Origin of Toleration

  • From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“I tolerate"). Compare tolerance.

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Toleration Sentence Examples

  • He was on the side of toleration and protected the reformers.

  • Religious toleration was granted, but with the important exception that some harsh measures were enacted against Anglicans and Roman Catholics, to neither of whom was liberty of worship accorded.

  • Frederick dreamed of remodelling society upon a mundane type, which anticipated the large toleration and cosmopolitan enlightenment of the actual Renaissance.

  • William of Orange, who had passed through several phases of religious conviction, stood first and foremost for toleration.

  • On the restoration of the house of Savoy in 1816 English influence was used on behalf of the Vaudois, who received a limited toleration.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

NONION

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