Noun

(uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.

(uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.

(countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.

(uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.

Noun

(en noun)

A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.

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(linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

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