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Tolerance - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tolerance : (noun)
1: the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable
environmental conditions
2: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior [syn:
permissiveness] [ant: unpermissiveness]
3: the act of tolerating something
4: willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or
practices of others [ant: intolerance]
5: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move
within limits [syn: allowance, leeway, margin]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Tolerance : \Tol"er*ance\, n.
1. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade.
2. Allowed amount of variation from the standard or from
exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight,
etc., as in various mechanical operations; specif.:
(Coinage) The amount which coins, either singly or in
lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the
standard of weight or fineness.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tolerance : \Tol"er*ance\, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F.
tol['e]rance.]
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.
Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the
mint. See under Remedy.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L.
remedium; pref. re- re- _ mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.]
1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
application which puts an end to disease and restores
health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
by for or against, formerly by to.
What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our
own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us.
--Milton.
3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
redress for a wrong.
Civil remedy. See under Civil.
Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
also tolerance.
Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
relief; aid; help; assistance.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tolerance : Tolerance: A state in which a immune tolerance .
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Tolerance |
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