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See tolérance

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From tolerance (French: tolérance), from tolerantia.

Noun

  1. the ability to tolerate the beliefs or practices of others
  2. the variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement
  3. the ability to endure pain or hardship
  4. the ability of the body to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism
  5. the ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection
  6. maximum residue limit allowed in foods by the Food and Drug Administration


Antonyms


Translations

da:tolerance fr:tolerance io:tolerance id:tolerance it:tolerance ku:tolerance hu:tolerance fi:tolerance ta:tolerance te:tolerance vi:tolerance tr:tolerance

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
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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.
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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.
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What may else be remedy or cure
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
He will instruct us. --Milton.
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3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
redress for a wrong.
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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.
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Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
relief; aid; help; assistance.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tolerance \Tol"er*ance\, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F.
tol['e]rance.]
1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring;
endurance.
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Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market
place, shaking, to show his tolerance. --Bacon.
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2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable
persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions;
toleration.
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3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of
bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would
prove injurious or fatal.
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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.
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WordNet 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] [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]
Moby Dictionary
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


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