Narrowly defined, as an ethical term, tolerance is the quality of being long-suffering in disposition; the putting up with something with which one disagrees. The verb, tolerate, means to allow without opposing; to acknowledge the right of another to hold contrary opinions. Toleration, in turn, is the condition in which beliefs or behaviors—especially religious or political—that do not conform to that of the majority or dominant group in a *society are allowed to be present and perhaps propagated