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tolerance meaning in Sanskrit

सहन sahana

UK/ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns//ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/

tolerance in Sanskrit: सहन (sahana). In English, tolerance means the ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

Sanskrit words for tolerance

tolerance, bearing
सहन sahana

English meaning of tolerance

  1. noun The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.
  2. noun The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun Resistance to drunkenness.

Full definition of tolerance

tolerance in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: forbearance
  • Since he hadn't had any alcohol in years, his tolerance was very low, and it only took two drinks for him to get sloshed.
  • Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations.

Synonyms of tolerance

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Questions about tolerance in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of tolerance in Sanskrit?
Tolerance in Sanskrit is सहन (sahana).
tolerance इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Tolerance: सहन (sahana).
What does tolerance mean in English?
Tolerance means the ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “tolerance”: सहन. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tolerance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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