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tol·er·ance  (tlr-ns)

n.

1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

2.

a. Leeway for variation from a standard.

b. The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.

3. The capacity to endure hardship or pain.

4. Medicine

a. Physiological resistance to a toxin.

b. Diminution in the physiological response to a drug that occurs after continued use, necessitating larger doses to produce a given response.

5.

a. Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.

b. Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction.

6. The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.

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tolerance [ˈtɒlərəns]

n

1. the state or quality of being tolerant

2. capacity to endure something, esp pain or hardship

3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the permitted variation in some measurement or other characteristic of an object or workpiece

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Physiol the capacity of an organism to endure the effects of a poison or other substance, esp after it has been taken over a prolonged period

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tolerance - the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions endurance - the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" capacity - tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
	2.	tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior permissiveness disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" toleration, sufferance, acceptance - a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" indulgence, lenience, leniency - a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child" overtolerance - too much permissiveness
	3.	tolerance - the act of tolerating something       lenience, leniency - lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers allowance - the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"
	4.	tolerance - willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" broad-mindedness - an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior liberality, liberalness - an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom disinterest, neutrality - tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement intolerance - unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
	5.	tolerance - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits leeway, allowance, margin discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"

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tolerance

noun

1. broad-mindedness, charity, sympathy, patience, indulgence, forbearance, permissiveness, magnanimity, open-mindedness, sufferance, lenity his tolerance and understanding of diverse human nature
broad-mindedness discrimination, prejudice, intolerance, bigotry, sectarianism, narrow-mindedness

2. endurance, resistance, stamina, fortitude, resilience, toughness, staying power, hardness, hardiness She has a high tolerance for pain.

3. resistance, immunity, resilience, non-susceptibility Your body will build up a tolerance to most drugs.

Quotations
"Live and let live" [J.C.F. Schiller Wallenstein's Camp]
"Tolerance is only another name for indifference" [W. Somerset Maugham]
"Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition" [Goethe]

Translations

tolerance [ˈtɒlərəns] N → tolerancia f
she had shown great tolerance → había mostrado una gran tolerancia
he had built up a tolerance to his medication (= receptiveness) → cada vez toleraba mejor la medicación; (= resistance) → la medicación ya no le surtía efecto

tolerance [ˈtɒlərəns] n

(= tolerant attitude) → tolérance f

[drug, substance] → tolérance f
tolerance for sth → tolérance à qch

tolerance

n

→ Toleranz f, → Duldsamkeit f → (of, for, towards gegenüber); (towards children, one’s juniors) → Nachsicht f → (of mit); racial tolerance → Toleranz in Rassenfragen; I have no tolerance for such behaviour → für solch ein Benehmen habe ich kein Verständnis

(Med, Tech) → Toleranz f; to work to fine tolerances → mit kleinen or engen Toleranzen arbeiten

tolerance [ˈtɒlər/əns] n (of pain, hardship) → sopportazione f; (of behaviour) (Med, Tech) → tolleranza