Tolerance
['tɒl(ə)r(ə)ns] or ['tɑlərəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of tolerating something.
(noun.) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions.
(noun.) willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others.
Checker: Terrance--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.
(n.) The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.
(n.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
Edited by Benson
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Endurance, sufferance, toleration.
Editor: Peter
Examples
- The novelis t's tolerance of Davy's enthusiasm soon passed into a clear recognition of his commanding genius. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In its incipience at least it is evident that the Royal Society was filled with the spirit of tolerance and co?pera tion, and was singularly free from the spirit of envy and faction. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- How gladly Gerty would have welcomed the ministry of healing: how willingly have soothed the sufferer back to tolerance of life! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They professed tolerance, benevolence, love of truth. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Self-respect, self-tolerance even, what are they? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But, generally speaking, Edison is easy tolerance itself, with a peculiar weakness toward those who have the least right to make any demands on his time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And it was this tolerance she mistrusted, not the fury. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I suppose it was mutual tolerance because the Austrians still kept a bridgehead further down the river. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There seemed a certain impatient fury in him, all the while, and at the same time a great amusement in everything, and a final tolerance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Pearl