Associations to the word «Tolerance»
Noun
- Opioid
- Glucose
- Intolerance
- Morphine
- Dependence
- Openness
- Drought
- Insulin
- Edict
- Homosexuality
- Fasting
- Diabetes
- Antigen
- Ambiguity
- Withdrawal
- Fault
- Addiction
- Dose
- Zero
- Moderation
- Dosage
- Lymphocyte
- Reconciliation
- Pesticide
- Diversity
- Acceptance
- Redundancy
- Equality
- Insomnia
- Compassion
- Threshold
- Homosexual
- Ppm
- Religious
- Ethanol
- Empathy
- Semitism
- Fabrication
- Deviation
- Sensitivity
- Ethnic
- Cultivar
- Craving
- Reliability
- Alcohol
- Capacitor
- Liberalism
- Transplantation
- Epa
- Induction
- Understanding
- Pest
- Avoidance
- Efficacy
- Impairment
- Alcoholism
- Nantes
- Racism
- Trait
- Stress
- Catholicism
- Agonist
- Drug
- Akbar
- Dissent
- Voltaire
- Plea
- Persecution
- Orthodoxy
- Atheist
- Harassment
- Insecticide
- Intoxication
- Benevolence
- Humanism
- Muslim
- Metabolism
- Cannabis
Adjective
Wiktionary
TOLERANCE, noun. (uncountable) (obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th-19th c.]
TOLERANCE, noun. (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.]
TOLERANCE, noun. (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.]
TOLERANCE, noun. (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]
TOLERANCE, noun. (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]
Dictionary definition
TOLERANCE, noun. The power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions.
TOLERANCE, noun. A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior.
TOLERANCE, noun. The act of tolerating something.
TOLERANCE, noun. Willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others.
TOLERANCE, noun. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.