Noun: toleration ,tó-lu'rey-shun
- A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
"all people should practice toleration and live together in peace";
- acceptance, sufferance
- (religion) official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)
"The Act of Toleration granted freedom of worship to nonconformists"
Derived forms: tolerations
Type of: licence [Brit, Cdn], license [N. Amer], permission, permissiveness, permit, tolerance
Encyclopedia: Toleration, Religious