Toleration — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˌɑːlɚɹˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/tˌɒləɹˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˌɒləɹˈeɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /tˌɑːlɚɹˈeɪʃən/.

Examples

all people should practice toleration and live together in peace

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

acceptance sufferance

Parts of Speech

noun	a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations “all people should practice toleration and live together in peace”
noun	official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion)

Word Forms

tolerate	verb	put up with something or somebody unpleasant
acceptant	adjective	accepting willingly
accept	verb	tolerate or accommodate oneself to
suffer	verb	put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Duldung

eine Neigung, Menschen oder Situationen zu tolerieren oder zu akzeptieren

🇫🇷French

tolérance

une disposition à tolérer ou à accepter des personnes ou des situations

🇪🇸Spanish

tolerancia

una disposición a tolerar o aceptar personas o situaciones

🇮🇹Italian

tolleranza

una disposizione a tollerare o accettare persone o situazioni

🇳🇱Dutch

tolerantie

een neiging om mensen of situaties te tolereren of te accepteren

🇵🇹Portuguese

tolerância

uma disposição para tolerar ou aceitar pessoas ou situações

🇷🇺Russian

терпимость

склонность терпеть или принимать людей или ситуации

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सहनशीलता

लोगों या स्थितियों को सहन करने या स्वीकार करने की प्रवृत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

সহনশীলতা

মানুষ বা পরিস্থিতি সহ্য বা গ্রহণ করার একটি স্বভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

சகிப்புத்தன்மை

மக்கள் அல்லது சூழ்நிலைகளை பொறுத்துக்கொள்ளும் அல்லது ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளும் தன்மை

🇮🇳Telugu

సహనం

వ్యక్తులు లేదా పరిస్థితులను తట్టుకునే లేదా అంగీకరించే స్వభావం

🇮🇳Marathi

सहनशीलता

लोक किंवा परिस्थिती सहन करण्याचा किंवा स्वीकारण्याचा स्वभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

સહનશીલતા

લોકો અથવા પરિસ્થિતિઓને સહન કરવા અથવા સ્વીકારવાનો સ્વભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಹನೆ

ಜನರು ಅಥವಾ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳನ್ನು ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುವ ಸ್ವಭಾವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സഹിഷ്ണുത

ആളുകളെയോ സാഹചര്യങ്ങളെയോ സഹിക്കുന്നതിനോ അംഗീകരിക്കുന്നതിനോ ഉള്ള ഒരു സ്വഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਹਿਣਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ

ਲੋਕਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਸਥਿਤੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਰਦਾਸ਼ਤ ਕਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਸੁਭਾਅ

🇵🇰Urdu

رواداری

لوگوں یا حالات کو برداشت کرنے یا قبول کرنے کا مزاج

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

容忍

容忍或接受他人或情况的倾向

🇯🇵Japanese

寛容

人や状況を寛容または受け入れる気質

🇰🇷Korean

관용

사람이나 상황을 용납하거나 받아들이려는 성향

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự khoan dung

một khuynh hướng để chịu đựng hoặc chấp nhận mọi người hoặc tình huống

🇹🇭Thai

ความอดทน

นิสัยที่จะยอมรับหรือยอมรับบุคคลหรือสถานการณ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

toleransi

disposisi untuk menoleransi atau menerima orang atau situasi

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpaparaya

isang disposisyon na magparaya o tumanggap ng mga tao o sitwasyon

🇲🇾Malay

bertolak ansur

kecenderungan untuk bertolak ansur atau menerima orang atau situasi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التسامح

الميل إلى تحمل أو قبول الأشخاص أو المواقف

🇮🇷Persian

تحمل

تمایل به تحمل یا پذیرش افراد یا موقعیت ها

🇹🇷Turkish

hoşgörü

insanları veya durumları tolere etme veya kabul etme eğilimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

סוֹבלָנוּת

נטייה לסבול או לקבל אנשים או מצבים

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