a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.

a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own.

interest in and concern for ideas, opinions, practices, etc., foreign to one's own; a liberal, undogmatic viewpoint.

the act or capacity of enduring; endurance

My tolerance of noise is limited.

Medicine/Medical, Immunology .

the power of enduring or resisting the action of a drug, poison, etc.

a tolerance to antibiotics.

the lack of or low levels of immune response to transplanted tissue or other foreign substance that is normally immunogenic.

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.

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.

noun

bias , disapproval , intolerance , narrow-mindedness , prejudice , weakness

noun

altruism , benevolence , broad-mindedness , charity , clemency , compassion , concession , endurance , forbearance , freedom , good will , grace , humanity , indulgence , kindness , lenience , leniency , lenity , liberalism , liberality , liberalness , license , magnanimity , mercifulness , mercy , patience , permission , permissiveness , sensitivity , sufferance , sympathy , toleration , understanding , guts * , hardiness , hardness , opposition , resilience , resistance , stamina , staying power * , steadfastness , steadiness , strength , toughness , vigor , charitableness , long-suffering , resignation , fortitude , leeway , threshold