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tolerance
noun(tol-er-ance)
capacity to endure pain or hardship : endurance, fortitude, stamina
tolerance
noun(tol-er-ance)
sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own
tolerance
noun(tol-er-ance)
the act of allowing something : toleration
tolerance
noun(tol-er-ance)
tolerance or resistance to a drug that develops through continued use of another drug with similar pharmacological action
tolerance
noun(tol-er-ance)
the physiological state that exists in an organism when its immune system has proceeded far enough in the process of self-recognition to lose the capacity to attack and destroy its own bodily constituents
tolerance
noun(tol-er-ance)
a policy of giving the most severe punishment possible to every person who commits a crime or breaks a rule
tolerance
adjective(tol-er-ance)
relating to or being a computer or program with a self-contained backup system that allows continued operation when major components fail

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