a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
<noun.attribute> all people should practice toleration and live together in peace
official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)
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Toleration \Tol`er*a"tion\, n. [L. toleratio: cf. OF. toleration.] 1. The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.
2. Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief.
3. Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.
The ascendancy of Mr. Roemer, a 44-year-old former congressman, also proved that Louisiana had reached the limits of its toleration for embarrassment.
"There is no real acceptance, there is just toleration." _ Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi, about the status of blacks and civil rights in Mississippi.
No one will criticize the government directly for the record. But many regret what they see as a timid stance on reform and the toleration of religious teachers who issue bizarre statements like one proclaiming the world is flat.
Economic success engenders both further reform and popular toleration of the regime.
Richard Schifter, assistant secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs, also said he saw some signs of growing religious toleration in the Soviet Union.
Besides, numerous studies have shown a steady and dramatic increase in racial toleration in these quarters.
This double standard may explain the peculiar toleration being extended to Mr. Kreimer, despite the charges concerning his annoyance of women library patrons.