tolerance4 definitions found tolerance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance. [1913 Webster] Tolerance \Tol"er*ance\, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F. tol['e]rance.] 1. 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. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal. [1913 Webster] 4. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 5. 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 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 6. (Biochemistry) 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] 7. (Immunology) 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. [1913 Webster] tolerance - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) : tolerance n 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, tolerance] [ant: restrictiveness, 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, tolerance] tolerance - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : 176 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 |