toleration

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
  2. noun official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)

Etymology

From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“to tolerate”). Compare tolerance.

In classic literature

Synonyms

acceptance, sufferance

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