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Webster 1913 Edition
Tolerance
Tol′er-ance
,Noun.
[L.
tolerantia
: cf. F. tolérance
.] 1.
The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.
Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to show his
tolerance
. Bacon.
2.
The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.
3.
(Med.)
The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tolerance
TOL'ERANCE
,Noun.
Diogenes one frosty morning came to the market place shaking, to show his tolerance.
[Little used. But intolerance is in common use.]