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Noun: toleration  ,tó-lu'rey-shun
  1. A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
    "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace";
    - acceptance, sufferance
     
  2. (religion) official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)

Derived forms: tolerations

Type of: licence [Brit, Cdn], license [N. Amer], permission, permissiveness, permit, tolerance

Encyclopedia: Toleration, Religious

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