Definitions for toleration

toleration tol·er·a·tion

Spelling: [tol-uh-rey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌtɒl əˈreɪ ʃən/

Toleration is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 673 anagrams from letters in toleration (aeilnoortt).

Definitions for toleration

noun

  1. an act or instance of tolerating, especially of what is not actually approved; forbearance:
  2. permission by law or government of the exercise of religions other than an established religion; noninterference in matters of private faith and worship.

Origin of toleration

First recorded in 1510-20, toleration is from the Latin word tolerātiōn- (stem of tolerātiō). See tolerate, -ion

Examples for toleration

They babbled of toleration, as if any heresy were to be endured, if only it were believed.

Yes, Israel is what Walzer called, in his book On toleration, a “complicated case.”

Wanhope waited for a thoughtful moment of censure eventuating in toleration.

Their aspirations are all on the side of toleration, harmony and peaceful progress.

We must not strain the toleration of the French authorities too much!

Too often this dynamic results in a toleration of demagogues who show callousness to communities of color in the USA.

Plato has not advanced quite so far as this in the path of toleration.

There is a point where toleration sinks into sheer baseness and poltroonery.

And this, my brethren, may teach us toleration and compassion for the rich.

And can toleration in the active-spirited be ever anything more than approximate?

Word Value for toleration
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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