Tolerance

Tolerance or toleration is the state of tolerating, or putting up with, conditionally.

Engineering tolerance, permissible limit(s) of variation in an object
- Tolerance analysis, the study of accumulated variation in mechanical parts and assemblies
- Tolerance coning, a budget of all tolerances that affect a particular parameter
Paradox of tolerance, the problem that a tolerant person is antagonistic toward intolerance, hence intolerant of it
Tolerance group, a way to ensure employees do not exceed their authority in financial transactions in an ERP system
Tolerance Monument, an outdoor sculpture near Goldman Promenade in Jerusalem, Israel.
Tolerance tax, a historic tax that was levied against Jews in Hungary
Tolerant Systems, the former name of Veritas Software
Toleration Party, a historic political party active in Connecticut

Biology, medicine, physiology

Desiccation tolerance, the ability of an organism to endure extreme dryness
Drug tolerance or physiological tolerance, a decrease in the response to a substance due to previous exposure
- Alcohol tolerance
- Multidrug tolerance or antibiotic tolerance, the ability of a disease-causing microorganism to resist killing by antimicrobials
Immune tolerance or immunological tolerance, by which the immune system does not attack an antigen
- Central tolerance, a mechanism by which newly developing T cells and B cells are rendered non-reactive to self
- Immune tolerance in pregnancy or gestational/maternal immune tolerance
Low frustration tolerance, a concept in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
Pain tolerance, the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate
Shade tolerance, a plant's abilities to tolerate low light levels