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Tolerance

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marginnoun(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
allowancenounAn amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
leewaynounA varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.
permissivenessnounThe relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.

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intolerancenoun(uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
unpermissivenessnounThe quality of being unpermissive.

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permissivenessnounThe relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.
allowancenounAn amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
marginnoun(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
leewaynounA varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.
tolerationnounThe allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
sufferancenounAcquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.
endurancenounThe measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
patientnounA person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.
patiencenounThe quality of being patient.
resiliencynounSynonym of resilience.
forbearancenounPatient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.
tolerableCapable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
toleratedverbpermitted
resistancenounThe act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
tolerateverb(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
acquiescencenounA silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
tolerabilitynounThe quality or state of being tolerable.
tolerantnounTending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
leniencynounThe quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
resiliencenoun(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

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