toleration
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English
Etymology
From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“I tolerate”). Compare tolerance.
Pronunciation
Noun
toleration (countable and uncountable, plural tolerations)
- (obsolete) Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
- The allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
- Specifically, the allowance by a government (or other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 86:
- Above all, the establishment of toleration helped to weaken the presumption that plurality in matters of faith inevitably caused social disorder.
Derived terms
Further reading
Toleration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Toleration in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
