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Webster 1913 Edition
Tolerance
Tol′er-ance
,Noun.
[L.
tolerantia
: cf. F. tolérance
.] 1.
The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.
Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to show his
tolerance
. Bacon.
2.
The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.
3.
(Med.)
The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tolerance
TOL'ERANCE
,Noun.
Diogenes one frosty morning came to the market place shaking, to show his tolerance.
[Little used. But intolerance is in common use.]
Definition 2024
tolerance
tolerance
See also: tolérance
English
Noun
tolerance (countable and uncountable, plural tolerances)
- (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th-19th c.]
- (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
- (uncountable) 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. [from 19th c.]
- (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]
- (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]
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ability to endure pain or hardship
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ability to tolerate
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permitted deviation from standard