toleration

noun tol·er·a·tion \ ˌtä-lə-ˈrā-shən \

Updated on: 11 Apr 2018

Definition of toleration

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 4a(1)

Recent Examples of toleration from the Web

Such doubts would counsel toleration for different ways of thinking.

— yoram hazony, WSJ, "The Dark Side of the Enlightenment," 6 Apr. 2018
But if this is not merely to replace one fever with another, there must also be an intellectual struggle to recover moderation and toleration, and a spiritual effort to find the peace no politics will ever provide.

— andrew sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, "How Do We Cope With Trump?," 23 Feb. 2018
The three siblings squabble but also learn about toleration and facing serious situations together as a family.

— marvin glassman, Jewish Journal, "Conflicting views of Holocaust stirs Jewish American family in play," 15 Feb. 2018
Today Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain offer variations on this muddled-middle theme, some of them formal coalitions, some looser toleration agreements.

— The Economist, "Dancing with dangerEurope’s populists are waltzing into the mainstream," 3 Feb. 2018
With Democrats becoming much more tolerant of Muslims, and Republican views remaining essentially unchanged, the result has been increased toleration of Muslims throughout the U.S. as a whole.

— paul e. peterson, WSJ, "Americans May Be More Tolerant of Muslims Than Ever," 14 Aug. 2017
It could be seen not just in their vices, but also their virtues—particularly a rather selective toleration.

— The Economist, "The stand," 4 Nov. 2017
The contemporary Muslim world needs not a Martin Luther but a John Locke, whose arguments for freedom of conscience and religious toleration planted the seeds of liberalism.

— mustafa akyol, The Atlantic, "The Islamic World Doesn't Need a Reformation," 31 Oct. 2017
The movement seeks to conduct a global insurgency, a task that requires popular support — or at least toleration — to end its isolation in the Muslim world.

— katherine zimmerman, National Review, "America Won’t Win the War on Terror Until It Understands the Enemy," 12 Oct. 2017

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