What is "toleration" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does toleration mean in English? Meaning of toleration definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "toleration" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "toleration": a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

Noun

  • Meaning: a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
  • Example: all people should practice toleration and live together in peace
  • Synonyms: acceptance sufferance toleration
  • Hyponyms: self acceptance
  • Hypernyms: permissiveness tolerance
  • Pronunciation in UK: /tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/

    Meaning of "toleration": official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)

    Noun

  • Meaning: official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)
  • Synonyms: toleration
  • Hypernyms: license permission permit
  • Pronunciation in UK: /tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/

    Synonyms:

    indulgence, magnanimity, sensitivity, understanding, leniency, patience, lenience, mercifulness, altruism, lenity, benevolence, endurance, charitableness, humanity, permission, compassion, concession, liberality, clemency, kindness, grace, charity, mercy, license, sympathy, freedom, forbearance, good will, broad-mindedness, liberalism, permissiveness, liberalness, sufferance,

    Antonyms:

    selfishness, intolerance, denial, prohibition, cruelty, harshness, indifference, refusal, meanness, disagreement, malevolence, unkindness, mercilessness,

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    toleration in English: toleration
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