toleration
noun
[ tɒləˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the practice of tolerating something, in particular differences of opinion or behaviour.
• "the king demanded greater religious toleration"
Similar:
forbearance,
liberality,
open-mindedness,
lack of prejudice,
lack of bias,
broad-mindedness,
liberalism,
patience,
long-suffering,
magnanimity,
sympathy,
charity,
lenience,
leniency,
lenity,
indulgence,
sufferance,
clemency,
permissiveness,
condoning,
condonation,
complaisance,
laxness,
acceptance,
tolerance,
approval,
understanding,
endurance,
putting up with,
ignoring,
freedom of worship,
religious freedom,
freedom of conscience,
Origin:
late 15th century (denoting the granting of permission by authority): from French tolération, from Latin toleratio(n- ), from tolerare (see tolerate).
