- a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"
- official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)
- In general usage, tolerance is the ability to accept the existence of something while still disapproving of it. ...
- To refrain from intervening, to allow one to participate or function, social integration. It is not the same as approval or the same as appreciating.
- the allowing of something to happen, or the toleration of it