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tolerance

In medicine, gradual increase of resistance to a drug's effects when it is taken over a long period. This means that more of the drug must be taken to achieve the desired effect.



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There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
They looked upon him, as painters often do writers, with contempt because he was a layman, with tolerance because he practised an art, and with awe because he used a medium in which themselves felt ill-at-ease.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
But could the indifferent tolerance with which she regarded him, when he happened to be in her range of vision, be considered positive enough for liking?
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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