Definitions for tolerance

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tolerance tol·er·ance

Spelling: [tol-er-uh ns]

IPA: /ˈtɒl ər əns/

Tolerance is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 633 anagrams from letters in tolerance (aceelnort).

Definitions for tolerance

noun

1. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
2. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions, beliefs, and practices that differ from one's own.
3. interest in and concern for ideas, opinions, practices, etc., foreign to one's own; a liberal, undogmatic viewpoint.
4. the act or capacity of enduring; endurance:
5. Medicine/Medical, Immunology. the power of enduring or resisting the action of a drug, poison, etc.: the lack of or low levels of immune response to transplanted tissue or other foreign substance that is normally immunogenic.
6. Machinery. the permissible range of variation in a dimension of an object. Compare allowance (def 8). the permissible variation of an object or objects in some characteristic such as hardness, weight, or quantity.
7. Also called allowance. Coining. a permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coin, owing to the difficulty of securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

Origin of tolerance

First recorded in 1375-1425; late Middle English word from Latin word tolerantia. See tolerant, -ance

Examples for tolerance

For these self-righteous and thin-skinned folks, there are apparently limits to the liberal virtue of tolerance.

"She hasn't any tolerance in her, anyhow," and he was grave and preoccupied all through dinner.

He simply cannot conceive of such a thing; and he has no tolerance for it.

In a statement, Governor Egidio Torre Cantu said “We will apply the full force of the law and zero tolerance.”

Before ISIS militants surrounded the Syrian city, it had flourished as a place of tolerance and free speech.

Kirkwood acceded, perforce; and bided his time with what tolerance he could muster.

At least we have this: “We have no tolerance for sexual assault on our campus,” Florida President Bernie Machen said Monday.

His only crime is being a free voice in a country that has no tolerance nor understanding for freedom.

It viewed them with tolerance until they were found out, when it raised its hands.

For myself I beg your tolerance, your countenance and your united aid.