toleration

  • 11toleration — tol|e|ra|tion [ˌtɔləˈreıʃən US ˌta: ] n [U] willingness to allow people to believe what they want without being criticized or punished ▪ religious toleration …

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  • 12toleration — tol|er|a|tion [ ,talə reıʃn ] noun uncount the practice of allowing someone to do something that you do not like or approve of: religious toleration …

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  • 13toleration — noun (U) willingness to allow people to believe what they want without being punished: a long history of religious toleration …

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  • 14toleration — noun her father demonstrated little toleration where her boyfriends were concerned Syn: acceptance, tolerance, endurance; forbearance, sufferance, liberality, open mindedness, broad mindedness, liberalism; patience, charity, indulgence,… …

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  • 15toleration — UK [ˌtɒləˈreɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌtɑləˈreɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] the practice of allowing someone to do something that you do not like or approve of religious toleration …

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  • 16toleration — tolerate ► VERB 1) allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference. 2) patiently endure (something unpleasant). 3) be capable of continued exposure to (a drug, toxin, etc.) without adverse reaction.… …

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  • 17Toleration Act — may refer to:* Act of Toleration 1689, in England * Maryland Toleration Act, of 1649 this is in 1649 …

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  • 18Toleration, History of — • Explores the attitude of the Church towards religious toleration Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 19Toleration, Religious — • The magnanimous indulgence one shows towards a religion other than his own, accompanied by the moral determination to leave it and its adherents unmolested in private and public, although internally one views it with complete disapproval as a… …

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  • 20Toleration Act — Eng. Hist. See Act of Toleration. * * * (1689) Act of the British Parliament that granted freedom of worship to Nonconformists, allowing them their own places of worship and their own teachers and preachers. The act did not apply to Catholics and …

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