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1. (n.) tolerance
a fair and permissive attitude toward those whose race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
2. tolerance
a fair and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own.
3. tolerance
any liberal, undogmatic viewpoint.
4. tolerance
the act or capacity of enduring; endurance:
My tolerance of noise is limited.
5. tolerance
the power of enduring or resisting the action of a drug, poison, etc.
6. tolerance
the lack of, or low levels of, immune response to transplanted tissue or other foreign substance.
7. tolerance
Mach.
8. tolerance
the permissible range of variation in a dimension of an object.
9. tolerance
the permissible variation of an object in some characteristic such as hardness, weight, or quantity.
10. tolerance
a permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coin.
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| Definition of 'tolerance' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tolerance
the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
2. (noun) permissiveness, tolerance
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
3. (noun) tolerance
the act of tolerating something
4. (noun) tolerance
willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
5. (noun) allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
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1. (noun) tolerance
an ability to be tolerant
tolerance and understanding
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| Definition of 'tolerance' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tolerance
the power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance
2. (noun) tolerance
the endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration
3. (noun) tolerance
the power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal
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| Definitions of 'tolerance' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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tolerance
An agreement to tolerate intolerance.
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Sense: the ability to be fair and understanding to people whose ways, opinions etc are different from one's own
We should always try to show tolerance to other people.
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 Afrikaans: verdraagsaamheid |
 Arabic: تَسامُح |
 Bulgarian: търпимост |
 Brazilian: tolerância |
 Czech: snášenlivost |
 German: die Widerstandsfähigkeit |
 Danish: tolerance |
 Greek: ανεκτικότητα, ανοχή |
 Spanish: tolerancia |
 Estonian: tolerantsus |
 Farsi: بردباری |
 Finnish: suvaitsevaisuus |
 French: tolérance |
 Hebrew: סוֹבלָנוּת |
 Hindi: सहन शक्ति |
 Croatian: trpeljivost, snošljivost |
 Hungarian: tolerancia |
 Indonesian: tenggang rasa, toleransi |
 Icelandic: umburðarlyndi |
 Italian: tolleranza |
 Japanese: 寛容 |
 Korean: 관용 |
 Lithuanian: tolerancija |
 Latvian: tolerance; iecietība |
 Malay: toleransi |
 Dutch: verdraagzaamheid |
 Norwegian: toleranse, overbærenhet |
 Polish: wyrozumiałość |
 Persian: بردباری |
 Pashto: زغم، اغماض، پراخه سينه، س |
 Portuguese: tolerância |
 Romanian: toleranţă |
 Russian: терпимость |
 Slovak: znášanlivosť |
 Slovenian: strpnost |
 Serbian: tolerancija |
 Swedish: tolerans |
 Thai: ความอดกลั้น |
 Turkish: hoşgörü, tolerans |
 Taiwanese: 寬容，寬大 |
 Ukrainian: терпимість, толерантність |
 Urdu: برداشت، بردباري |
 Vietnamese: thông cảm |
 Chinese: 宽恕，容忍 |
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