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

2

: tolerance sense 4a(1)

Examples of toleration in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the same time, the phrase could be invoked to support religious toleration and in pleas for inclusiveness. —Margie Burns, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025

These include, for example, actions that artificially favor foreign exports, deny nondiscriminatory market access for U.S. firms, harm U.S. competitors’ IP rights, and otherwise involve foreign government toleration of systematic anticompetitive activities. —Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

Government toleration of the same sorts of exercise of monopoly power by giant nonfood retailers dealt similar blows to independent drug and hardware store chains. —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2024

What Moana 2 has that Wicked ain’t got is a shorter running time of 100 minutes versus the latter’s 2 hours, 40 minutes — a much easier toleration of time for parents with kids. —Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for toleration

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation

Medical Definition

toleration

noun

tol·​er·​a·​tion ˌtäl-ə-ˈrā-shən 

: tolerance