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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
Translations: 
  • Dutch: verdraagzaamheid, tolerantie
  • German: Toleranz
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: tolerancia
Etymology: From tolerance (French: tolérance), from tolerantia.

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