TOLERANCE

n. 1 open-mindedness, toleration, forbearance, broad-mindedness, permissiveness, magnanimity, indulgence, sufferance, patience, freedom from bigotry or prejudice You must exercise more tolerance in dealing with people who are poorer than you 2 play, clearance, allowance, variation The tolerance between these parts is less than a ten-thousandth of a millimetre 3 toleration, resistance, endurance, imperviousness; immunity, insensitivity His tolerance of the outrages of stupidity seems limitless She has a low tolerance for sugar.