tolerance

Speech parts

1. tolerance - Noun

2. tolerance - Verb

Meaning

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.

The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

acceptance margin endurance patience allowance indulgence leniency leeway forbearance stamina permissiveness lenience broad-mindedness open-mindedness liberty
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Antonyms

intolerance badness villainy crime evil corruption
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Hypernyms

attitude disagreement endurance divergence disposition allowance

Hyponyms

capacity acceptance neutrality indulgence leniency disinterest

Phrases with the word

zero tolerance religious tolerance racial tolerance cylindricity tolerance affective tolerance zero-tolerance policy

Anagrams

coeternal neorectal

Examples

The highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. Robert G. Ingersoll

Tolerance is only another name for indifference. W. Somerset Maugham

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. John F. Kennedy

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling. Pierre Bayle

Wide experience makes for deep tolerance. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tolerablish tolerably tolerabolity tolerance break tolerance for pain toleranced