toleration
noun
tol·er·a·tion
ˌtä-lə-ˈrā-shən 
1
a
: the act or practice of tolerating something
b
: a government policy of permitting forms of religious belief and worship not officially established
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Their temple — formed last summer in the affluent neighborhood of Woodland Hills when two synagogues merged — would be a beacon of goodwill and understanding, a place where L.A. Jews and Muslims could gather in mutual toleration, appreciation and grace.
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
When people in families disagree about deep religious matters, the aim should be not conversion to a single view but mere toleration — toleration being the best achievable outcome.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
These agreements gradually built a sense of mutual toleration, strengthened diplomatic relationships, and placed limits on certain zones of competition.
—Michael J. Mazarr, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2024
In an ironic twist, the tendency of modern Arab historians has been to emphasize this tradition of Islamic toleration—with the implication that only Zionism is to blame for the region’s woes—while many Israeli historians have worked to disprove the notion of harmonious coexistence in Andalusia.
—Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021
Nothing in this century has done more to stamp out the mutual toleration of Americans than the presidency of Donald Trump.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
Safeguarding the delicate accomplishment of liberal societies will require the reaffirmation of the toleration of difference, a noble spirit that Shklar hoped could sustain liberal democracy even in an age of disillusionment.
—Karl Polanyi, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Others argued that the essay’s authors downplayed or glossed over the Palestinian hand in the crisis, including the fecklessness of the Palestinian leadership and its toleration of anti-Semitic extremism.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
And in interpreting another clause of the First Amendment, the Roberts court has converted the right to free exercise of religion from a principle of toleration in a secular state to one that exempts believers and their institutions from anti-discrimination law and allows governments to fund them.
—Ryan D. Doerfler, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2020
Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
When people in families disagree about deep religious matters, the aim should be not conversion to a single view but mere toleration — toleration being the best achievable outcome.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
These agreements gradually built a sense of mutual toleration, strengthened diplomatic relationships, and placed limits on certain zones of competition.
—Michael J. Mazarr, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2024
In an ironic twist, the tendency of modern Arab historians has been to emphasize this tradition of Islamic toleration—with the implication that only Zionism is to blame for the region’s woes—while many Israeli historians have worked to disprove the notion of harmonious coexistence in Andalusia.
—Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021
Nothing in this century has done more to stamp out the mutual toleration of Americans than the presidency of Donald Trump.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
Safeguarding the delicate accomplishment of liberal societies will require the reaffirmation of the toleration of difference, a noble spirit that Shklar hoped could sustain liberal democracy even in an age of disillusionment.
—Karl Polanyi, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
Others argued that the essay’s authors downplayed or glossed over the Palestinian hand in the crisis, including the fecklessness of the Palestinian leadership and its toleration of anti-Semitic extremism.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
And in interpreting another clause of the First Amendment, the Roberts court has converted the right to free exercise of religion from a principle of toleration in a secular state to one that exempts believers and their institutions from anti-discrimination law and allows governments to fund them.
—Ryan D. Doerfler, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2020
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toleration
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tol·er·a·tion
ˌtäl-ə-ˈrā-shən
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