toleration

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/

Noun

toleration

1. (obsolete) Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
2. The allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
3. Specifically, the allowance by a government (or other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 86:

     Above all, the establishment of toleration helped to weaken the presumption that plurality in matters of faith inevitably caused social disorder.

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