Tolerance

//ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of tolerating something wordnet
  3. 3
    The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. uncountable

    "Both [Ze'ev] Jabotinsky and [David] Ben-Gurion also wrote songs of praise to the Ottoman Empire, its tolerance toward ethnic minorities in general — and to Jews in particular — as well as to the democratic changes it was undergoing."

  4. 4
    a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior wordnet
  5. 5
    The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. uncountable
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  1. 6
    a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits wordnet
  2. 7
    The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. countable

    "Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations."

  3. 8
    the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions wordnet
  4. 9
    The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. uncountable
  5. 10
    willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To design or engineer a material to a specified tolerance.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English toleraunce, borrowed from Old French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerāns, present participle of, and participial adjective from Latin tolerō (“to endure”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English toleraunce, borrowed from Old French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerāns, present participle of, and participial adjective from Latin tolerō (“to endure”).

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