Définition "tolerance" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

tolerance (tolerances plural )

1 n-uncount Tolerance is the quality of allowing other people to say and do as they like, even if you do not agree or approve of it., (approval, Antonym: intolerance) ...his tolerance and understanding of diverse human nature.

2 n-uncount Tolerance is the ability to bear something painful or unpleasant.
There is lowered pain tolerance, lowered resistance to infection.

3 n-var If someone or something has a tolerance to a substance, they are exposed to it so often that it does not have very much effect on them.
As with any drug taken in excess, your body can build up a tolerance to it.

zero tolerance
If a government or organization has a policy of zero tolerance of a particular type of behaviour or activity, they will not tolerate it at all.  n-uncount
They have a policy of zero tolerance for sexual harassment.