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English noun: tolerance | |||
| 1. | tolerance (attribute) the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | endurance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | capacity | ||
| 2. | tolerance (attribute) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | ||
| Synonyms | permissiveness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disposition, temperament | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acceptance, indulgence, lenience, leniency, overtolerance, sufferance, toleration | ||
| Attribute | permissive, unpermissive | ||
| Antonyms | unpermissiveness, restrictiveness | ||
| 3. | tolerance (act) the act of tolerating something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | allowance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lenience, leniency | ||
| 4. | tolerance (cognition) willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attitude, mental attitude | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | broad-mindedness, disinterest, liberality, liberalness, neutrality | ||
| Antonyms | intolerance | ||
| 5. | tolerance (attribute) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | ||
| Synonyms | allowance, leeway, margin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, variance | ||
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