"toleration" meaning in English

See toleration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɒləˈreɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toleration.wav [UK] Forms: toleration [singular], tolerations [plural]
Etymology: tolerate + -ation Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|tolerate|ation}} tolerate + -ation Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The act of accepting or allowing something.
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  2. Official acceptance of the right of people to have different beliefs.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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