tolerance

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tol=er=ance

CIDE DICTIONARY

tolerance, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F. tolérance.].

•  The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.  [1913 Webster]

  "Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to show his tolerance."  [1913 Webster]
•  The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.  [1913 Webster]
•  The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.  [1913 Webster]
•  Capability of growth in more or less shade.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  the allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or electrical devices or operations; -- caklled also allowance  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  the capacity to resist the deleterious action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to anitbiotics.  [PJC]
•  the acquired inability to respond with an immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism normally responds; -- called also immunotolerance, immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance. Such tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen (low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen (high-zone tolerance).  [PJC]

Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the mint. See under Remedy.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tolerance, n.
1 a willingness or ability to tolerate; forbearance.
2 the capacity to tolerate.
3 an allowable variation in any measurable property.
4 the ability to tolerate the effects of a drug etc. after continued use.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L tolerantia (as TOLERATE)

THESAURUS

tolerance

a habit, acceptance, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, admissibility, admission, alcoholism, allowance, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, ample scope, approximation, assimilation, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, benevolence, blank check, broad-mindedness, carte blanche, chain smoking, charitableness, charity, chronic alcoholism, clearance, clemency, clementness, cocainism, compassion, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, condonation, connivance, coverage, crash, craving, dependence, deviation, dipsomania, disregard, drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, easiness, easygoingness, elbowroom, eligibility, embodiment, embracement, encompassment, endurance, envisagement, exhaustiveness, field, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, forgiveness, forgivingness, fortitude, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, free thought, freethinking, full scope, full swing, generousness, gentleness, grit, guts, habituation, humaneness, humanity, immunity, imperviousness, imprecision, inaccuracy, inaccurateness, inclusion, inclusiveness, incorporation, incorrectness, indulgence, inexactitude, inexactness, insensitivity, kindness, latitude, latitudinarianism, laxity, laxness, leeway, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, liberalism, liberality, liberalness, liberation, libertarianism, libertinism, long rope, long-sufferance, long-suffering, longanimity, looseness, magnanimity, maneuvering space, margin, membership, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, moderateness, negligence, nicotine addiction, no holds barred, open space, open-mindedness, openness, opposition, overlooking, participation, patience, patience of Job, patientness, permissiveness, perseverance, physical dependence, pity, play, predictable error, probable error, psychological dependence, range, reception, resistance, room, rope, scope, sea room, self-control, softness, space, stamina, standard deviation, steadfastness, steadiness, stoicism, strength, sufferance, sweet reasonableness, swing, tenderness, toleration, unbigotedness, uncorrectness, unfactualness, unpreciseness, unrevengefulness, unrigorousness, variation, vigor, waiting game, waiting it out, way, whole, wide berth, winking, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms

ROGET THESAURUS

tolerance

Lenity

N lenity, lenience, leniency, moderation, tolerance, toleration, mildness, gentleness, favor, indulgence, indulgency, clemency, mercy, forbearance, quarter, compassion, lenient, mild, mild as milk, gentle, soft, tolerant, indulgent, easy-going, clement, forbearing, long-suffering.

Permission

N permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.

Feeling

N feeling, suffering, endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance, experience, response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense, warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence, fervor, fervency, heartiness, cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion, ecstasy, blush, suffusion, flush, hectic, tingling, thrill, turn, shock, agitation, quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor, throb, throbbing, pulsation, palpitation, panting, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment, state of excitement, feeling, sentient, sensuous, sensorial, sensory, emotive, emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive, keen, keen as a razor, trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt, heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic, earnest, wistful, eager, breathless, fervent, fervid, gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming, boiling over, pervading, penetrating, absorbing, rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical, impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap, rapt, in a quiver, enraptured, heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore, heartily, devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels, the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy).

Inexcitability

N inexcitability, imperturbability, inirritability, even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion, tolerance, patience, coolth, passiveness, hebetude, hebetation, impassibility, stupefaction, coolness, calmness, composure, placidity, indisturbance, imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility, serenity, quiet, quietude, peace of mind, mental calmness, staidness, gravity, sobriety, Quakerism, philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper, self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins, presence of mind, submission, resignation, sufferance, supportance, endurance, longsufferance, forbearance, longanimity, fortitude, patience of Job, patience on a monument, patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill', moderation, repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling, restraint, tranquillization, inexcitable, unexcitable, imperturbable, unsusceptible, unpassionate, dispassionate, cold-blooded, irritable, enduring, stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed, sober, sober minded, grave, sober as a judge, grave as a judge, sedate, demure, cool-headed, easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm, quiet as a mouse, tranquil, serene, cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard, undemonstrative, temperate, composed, collected, unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned, unoffended, unresisting, meek, tolerant, patient, patient as Job, submissive, tame, content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike, gentle as a lamb, suaviter in modo, mild as mothers milk, soft as peppermint, armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering, like patience on a monument smiling at grief, aequo animo, in cold blood, more in sorrow than in anger, Int, patience!, and shuffle the cards, cool calm and collected, keep calm in the midst of a storm, adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspec, quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes, they also serve who only stand and wait.

Space

N space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace, room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread, dimension, length, distance, size, volume, hypervolume, latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver, spare room, elbow room, house room, stowage, roomage, margin, opening, sphere, arena, open space, free space, void, waste, wildness, wilderness, moor, moorland, campagna, abyss, unlimited space, infinity, world, ubiquity, length and breadth of the land, proportions, acreage, acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles, square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing), ares, arpents, spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample, widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed, boundless, shoreless, trackless, pathless, extended, extensively, wherever, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, right and left, all over, all the world over, throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land, under the sun, in every quarter, in all quarters, in all lands, here there and everywhere, from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end, on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass, to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.