Scrabble?! TOLERANCE

Definitions of TOLERANCE in various dictionaries:

noun - the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions

noun - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

noun - the act of tolerating something

noun - willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others

noun - a permissible difference

The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

Leeway for variation from a standard.

The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.

The capacity to endure hardship or pain.

Medicine.

Physiological resistance to a poison.

The capacity to absorb a drug continuously or in large doses without adverse effect; diminution in the response to a drug after prolonged use.

Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.

Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction.

The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.