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]

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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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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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).
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   Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the
      mint. See under Remedy.
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