Tolerance or toleration is the state of tolerating, or putting up with, conditionally. Economics, business, and politics Toleration Party, a historic political party active in Connecticut Tolerant Systems, the former name of Veritas Software Tolerance tax, a historic tax that was levied against Jews in Hungary Life sciences Desiccation tolerance, the ability of an organism to endure extreme dryness Drug tolerance or physiological tolerance, a decrease in the response to a substance due to previous exposure Alcohol tolerance Multidrug tolerance or antibiotic tolerance, the ability of a disease-causing microorganism to resist killing by antimicrobials Immune tolerance or immunological tolerance, by which the immune system does not attack an antigen Central tolerance, a mechanism by which newly developing T cells and B cells are rendered non-reactive to self Immune tolerance in pregnancy or gestational/maternal immune tolerance Low frustration tolerance, a concept in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy Pain tolerance, the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate Shade tolerance, a plant's abilities to tolerate low light levels Disease tolerance or tolerance to infection - one of the mechanisms host organisms can use to fight against parasites, pathogens or herbivores that attack the host.frustration Physical sciences Engineering tolerance, permissible limit(s) of variation in an object Tolerance analysis, the study of accumulated variation in mechanical parts and assemblies Tolerance coning, a budget of all tolerances that affect a particular parameter Tolerance, a measure of multicollinearity in statistics Tolerance interval, a type of statistical probability Tolerance relation, a reflexive and symmetric binary relation in mathematics Tolerant sequence, in mathematical logic Other uses Paradox of tolerance, a paradox described by Karl Popper stating that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant Tolerance Monument, an outdoor sculpture near Goldman Promenade in Jerusalem Tolerance (film), a 2000 Brazilian drama film Tolerance (sculpture), a 2011 sculpture by Jaume Plensa See also Intolerance (disambiguation) Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance Toleration Act (disambiguation) Zero tolerance (disambiguation)