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Tolerance
01
willingness to accept behavior or opinions that are against one's own
02
the act of tolerating something
03
the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
04
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
05
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
06
a person's diminished reaction to a substance or drug as it no longer works as it once did following its repeated use
Example
His liberal views prioritize tolerance, diversity, and progressive social change.
Continuous use of habit-forming drugs may lead to tolerance and withdrawal.
With no tolerance, just a few hits of marijuana were enough to intoxicate my friend
Quality control detected anomalous variations in product dimensions outside acceptable tolerances.
As a professor, she had little tolerance for incompetence and would not suffer fools in her classroom.
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