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# toleration

«toleration» in Mova's school dictionary: **Allowing beliefs, customs or behaviour that you may not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (toleration; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Allowing beliefs, customs or behaviour that you may not agree with, without trying to stop them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#m1)

2) (history/religion) A government's allowing people to follow different religions freely: religious toleration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#m2)

3) The ability to put up with something unpleasant (more often «tolerance»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and religion lessons: laws of religious toleration let people of different faiths worship freely. In citizenship and ethics: living together peacefully needs toleration and respect. Phrases: «religious toleration», «toleration of», «a spirit of toleration».

### examples

- The king's law of religious toleration let people worship as they chose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#x1)
- Toleration means letting others hold different views. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#x2)
- Our class talked about toleration of other people's beliefs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#x3)
- The town was known for its toleration of different religions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#x4)
- Toleration of bullying is never acceptable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#x5)
- Living together in peace needs toleration and kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. «Tolerance» is the more common word for the quality or attitude; «toleration» is more often the act or policy of allowing. Verb: «tolerate». Toleration is not the same as approval: you can tolerate something you dislike.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «toleration» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.