- tolerance
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. toleration, allowance; moderation, temperance, endurance, forbearance, sufferance, laxity; clemency, leniency. See permission, feeling, inexcitability, liberality.II(Roget's IV) n.1. [Open-mindedness]Syn. lenity, concession, liberality, permission, forbearance, indulgence, mercy, compassion, license, sufferance, grace, freedom of worship, understanding, sensitivity, charity, benevolence, humanity, endurance, altruism, patience, good will; see also kindness 1 , liberalism .2. [Saturation point]Syn. threshold, tolerance level, end; see limit 2 .3. [Resistance]Syn. immunity, susceptibility, toleration.III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.1. acceptance understanding, open-mindedness, broad-mindedness, grace, sensitivity, liberal-mindedness, magnanimity, goodwill, lack of prejudice, sympathy, receptivity, indulgence.2. endurance strength, mental toughness, stamina, stoicism, sufferance, grit, fortitude.ANT.: 1. prejudice, bigotry, intolerance. 2. weaknessIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Forbearing or lenient treatment: charitableness, charity, forbearance, indulgence, lenience, leniency, lenity, toleration. See ACCEPT. 2. The capacity of enduring hardship or inconvenience without complaint: forbearance, long-suffering, patience, resignation. See ACCEPT.
English dictionary for students. 2013.