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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
tolerance
n 1: the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate
unfavorable environmental conditions
2: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior [syn:
permissiveness, tolerance] [ant: restrictiveness,
unpermissiveness]
3: the act of tolerating something
4: willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices
of others [ant: intolerance]
5: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move
within limits [syn: allowance, leeway, margin,
tolerance]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L.
remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.]
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1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
application which puts an end to disease and restores
health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
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2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
by for or against, formerly by to.
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What may else be remedy or cure
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
He will instruct us. --Milton.
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3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
redress for a wrong.
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Civil remedy. See under Civil.
Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
also tolerance.
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Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
relief; aid; help; assistance.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tolerance \Tol"er*ance\, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F.
tol['e]rance.]
1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring;
endurance.
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Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market
place, shaking, to show his tolerance. --Bacon.
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2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable
persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions;
toleration.
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3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of
bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would
prove injurious or fatal.
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4. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. the allowed amount of variation from the standard or from
exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight,
hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or
electrical devices or operations; -- caklled also
allowance specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins,
either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary
above or below the standard of weight or fineness.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
6. (Biochemistry) the capacity to resist the deleterious
action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the
organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to
anitbiotics.
[PJC]
7. (Immunology) the acquired inability to respond with an
immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism
normally responds; -- called also immunotolerance,
immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance. Such
tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the
antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation
of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the
animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen
(low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen
(high-zone tolerance).
[PJC]
Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the
mint. See under Remedy.
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Thesaurus Results for tolerance:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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