- tolerance - the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
--1 is a kind of endurance
--1 has particulars: capacity- permissiveness, tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
--2 is a kind of disposition, temperament
--2 has particulars:toleration, acceptance, sufferance; indulgence, lenience, leniency; overtolerance - tolerance - the act of tolerating something
--3 is a kind of allowance
--3 has particulars: lenience, leniencyDerived form: verb tolerate1 - tolerance - willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
--4 is a kind of attitude, mental attitude
Antonyms: intolerance
--4 has particulars:broad-mindedness; liberality, liberalness; disinterest, neutrality - allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
--5 is a kind of discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
- permissiveness, tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior