Tolerance
/ˈtɒləɹəns/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:14 pts9 letters
Definition of Tolerance
noun
- The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.
- The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
- The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
- The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
"Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations."
- The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
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intolerance