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What does toleration mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
  2. The allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
  3. Specifically, the allowance by a government (or other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.
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The result is a toleration of evil in Britain, which is now being shamed and exposed by comparison with the Dutch and Danes.
They also committed the Church to a future Anglican toleration of Protestant dissenters.
The problem of the urban poor cannot be remedied simply by racial toleration, nor even by recirculating monies and utilities.
Born in London, he distinguished himself by loyalty in politics and toleration in religion.
In a world where civil disobedience was treated with toleration, that might be a good strategy.
Instead they cultivate the value of toleration, which becomes the chief virtue in democratic societies.

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