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tolerance

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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.

tolerance
Noun
1. the quality of accepting other people's rights to their own opinions, beliefs, or actions
2. capacity to endure something, esp. pain or hardship
3. the ability of a substance to withstand heat, stress, etc., without damage
4. Med the capacity to endure the effects of a continued or increasing dose of a drug, poison, etc.
5. an acceptable degree of variation in a measurement or value: the bodywork of the car is precision-engineered with a tolerance of 0.01 millimetres
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tolerancetolerance - 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.tolerancetolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
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.tolerancetolerance - 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.tolerancetolerance - 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
discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"

tolerance
noun 3. resistance, immunity, resilience, non-susceptibility
Translations
tolerance [ˈtɔlərns] n (also TECH) → tolerancia
tolerance [ˈtɔlərns] n (also Tech) → tolérance f
tolerance [ˈtɔlərns] nToleranz f
tolerance [ˈtɔlərns] n (TECH) → tolleranza


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There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation.
They looked upon him, as painters often do writers, with contempt because he was a layman, with tolerance because he practised an art, and with awe because he used a medium in which themselves felt ill-at-ease.
But could the indifferent tolerance with which she regarded him, when he happened to be in her range of vision, be considered positive enough for liking?
 
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