[ˈtɒl(ə)rəns], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with
(e.g: the tolerance of corruption)

- the capacity to endure continued subjection to something such as a drug or environmental conditions without adverse reaction
(e.g: the desert camel shows the greatest tolerance to dehydration)

- an allowable amount of variation of a specified quantity, especially in the dimensions of a machine or part
(e.g: 250 parts in his cars were made to tolerances of one thousandth of an inch)


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Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the action of bearing hardship, or the ability to bear pain and hardship): via Old French from Latin tolerantia, from tolerare (see tolerate)