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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
tolerance
/ˈtɒləɹəns/
noun
a willingness to let people do, say or believe what they wish, without judging or challenging them
- “Everyone has a different mental state and stress tolerance level.”Tatoeba
- “To some people, tolerance is another word for weakness.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)