Definitions for toleration
ˌtɒl əˈreɪ ʃəntol·er·a·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. toleration, acceptance, sufferancenoun

   a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

   "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"

2. tolerationnoun

   official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)

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1. tolerationnoun

   the tolerance of the beliefs or the culture of others

2. tolerationnoun

   the official recognition of an individual's right to hold dissenting opinions, especially in religion

3. tolerationnoun

   lenience or forbearance

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tolerationnoun

   Allowance given to that which is not approved.

   Etymology: tolero, Latin.

   I shall not speak against the indulgence and toleration granted to these men. Robert South, Sermons.

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1. Toleration

   Toleration is the allowing, permitting, or acceptance of an action, idea, object, or person which one dislikes or disagrees with. Political scientist Andrew R. Murphy explains that "We can improve our understanding by defining "toleration" as a set of social or political practices and "tolerance" as a set of attitudes." Random House Dictionary defines tolerance as "a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own".Both these concepts inherently contain the idea of alterity, the state of otherness. Additional choices of how to respond to the "other," beyond toleration, do exist. Therefore, in some instances, toleration has been seen as 'a flawed virtue' because it concerns acceptance of things that were better overcome. Toleration cannot, therefore, be defined as a universal good, and many of its applications and uses remain contested.: 2 Religious toleration may signify "no more than forbearance and the permission given by the adherents of a dominant religion for other religions to exist, even though the latter are looked on with disapproval as inferior, mistaken, or harmful". Historically, most incidents and writings pertaining to toleration involve the status of minority and dissenting viewpoints in relation to a dominant state religion. However, religion is also sociological, and the practice of toleration has always had a political aspect as well.: xiii Toleration assumes there is a conflict over something important, something that cannot otherwise be resolved through normal negotiation without resorting to war or violence. As political lecturer Catriona McKinnon explains, when it comes to questions like what is "the best way to live, the right things to think, the ideal political society, or the true road to salvation, no amount of negotiation and bargaining will bring them to an agreement without at least one party relinquishing the commitments that created the conflict in the first place. Such conflicts provide the circumstances of toleration ... [and] are endemic in society.": 6  "The urgency and relevance of this issue is only too obvious: without tolerance, communities that value diversity, equality and peace could not persist (Vogt, 1997).": 1 An overview of the history of toleration and different cultures in which toleration has been practiced, and the ways in which such a paradoxical concept has developed into a guiding one, illuminates its contemporary use as political, social, religious, and ethnic, applying to LGBT individuals and other minorities, and other connected concepts such as human rights.

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1. toleration

   Toleration is the act or practice of willingly allowing or tolerating the existence of opinions or behaviors that one does not necessarily agree with, often fundamentally differing from one's own beliefs or values, without interference, opposition, or punishment. This could include diverse cultural, religious, political, or moral perspectives or actions.

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1. Tolerationnoun

   the act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved

2. Tolerationnoun

   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. Tolerationnoun

   hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters

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1. Toleration

   Toleration is "the practice of deliberately allowing or permitting a thing of which one disapproves. One can meaningfully speak of tolerating, ie of allowing or permitting, only if one is in a position to disallow". It has also been defined as "to bear or endure" or "to nourish, sustain or preserve". Toleration may signify "no more than forbearance and the permission given by the adherents of a dominant religion for other religions to exist, even though the latter are looked on with disapproval as inferior, mistaken or harmful". There is only one verb 'to tolerate' and one adjective 'tolerant', but the two nouns 'tolerance' and 'toleration' have evolved slightly different meanings. Tolerance is an attitude of mind that implies non-judgmental acceptance of different lifestyles or beliefs, whereas toleration implies putting up with something that one disapproves of. Historically, most incidents and writings pertaining to toleration involve the status of minority and dissenting viewpoints in relation to a dominant state religion. In the twentieth century and after, analysis of the doctrine of toleration has been expanded to include political and ethnic groups, homosexuals and other minorities, and human rights embodies the principle of legally enforced toleration.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of toleration in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of toleration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of toleration in a Sentence

1. Kahlil Gibron:

   I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

   I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

3. Kahlil Gibran:

   I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

4. Marie Louise de la Rame Ouida:

   In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth no need of them, no toleration of them. An immense agony will have then ceased, but with it there will also have passed away the last smile of the world's youth.

5. Helen Keller:

   Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=toleration
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Toleration
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=toleration
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toleration
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toleration
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=toleration