The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L.
   remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
   rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.]
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   1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
      application which puts an end to disease and restores
      health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
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   2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
      corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
      by for or against, formerly by to.
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            What may else be remedy or cure
            To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
            He will instruct us.                  --Milton.
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   3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
      redress for a wrong.
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   Civil remedy. See under Civil.

   Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
      from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
      also tolerance.
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   Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
        relief; aid; help; assistance.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tolerance \Tol"er*ance\, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F.
   tol['e]rance.]
   1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring;
      endurance.
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            Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market
            place, shaking, to show his tolerance. --Bacon.
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   2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable
      persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions;
      toleration.
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   3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of
      bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would
      prove injurious or fatal.
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   4. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   5. the allowed amount of variation from the standard or from
      exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight,
      hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or
      electrical devices or operations; -- caklled also
      allowance specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins,
      either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary
      above or below the standard of weight or fineness.
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   6. (Biochemistry) the capacity to resist the deleterious
      action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the
      organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to
      anitbiotics.
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   7. (Immunology) the acquired inability to respond with an
      immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism
      normally responds; -- called also immunotolerance,
      immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance. Such
      tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the
      antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation
      of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the
      animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen
      (low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen
      (high-zone tolerance).
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   Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the
      mint. See under Remedy.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tolerance
    n 1: the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate
         unfavorable environmental conditions
    2: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior [syn:
       permissiveness, tolerance] [ant: restrictiveness,
       unpermissiveness]
    3: the act of tolerating something
    4: willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices
       of others [ant: intolerance]
    5: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move
       within limits [syn: allowance, leeway, margin,
       tolerance]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

176 Moby Thesaurus words for "tolerance":
   a habit, acceptance, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism,
   addictedness, addiction, admissibility, admission, alcoholism,
   allowance, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, ample scope,
   approximation, assimilation, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism,
   benevolence, blank check, broad-mindedness, carte blanche,
   chain smoking, charitableness, charity, chronic alcoholism,
   clearance, clemency, clementness, cocainism, compassion,
   completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal,
   condonation, connivance, coverage, crash, craving, dependence,
   deviation, dipsomania, disregard, drug addiction, drug culture,
   drug dependence, easiness, easygoingness, elbowroom, eligibility,
   embodiment, embracement, encompassment, endurance, envisagement,
   exhaustiveness, field, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness,
   forgiveness, forgivingness, fortitude, free course, free hand,
   free play, free scope, free thought, freethinking, full scope,
   full swing, generousness, gentleness, grit, guts, habituation,
   humaneness, humanity, immunity, imperviousness, imprecision,
   inaccuracy, inaccurateness, inclusion, inclusiveness,
   incorporation, incorrectness, indulgence, inexactitude,
   inexactness, insensitivity, kindness, latitude, latitudinarianism,
   laxity, laxness, leeway, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity,
   liberalism, liberality, liberalness, liberation, libertarianism,
   libertinism, long rope, long-sufferance, long-suffering,
   longanimity, looseness, magnanimity, maneuvering space, margin,
   membership, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, moderateness,
   negligence, nicotine addiction, no holds barred, open space,
   open-mindedness, openness, opposition, overlooking, participation,
   patience, patience of Job, patientness, permissiveness,
   perseverance, physical dependence, pity, play, predictable error,
   probable error, psychological dependence, range, reception,
   resistance, room, rope, scope, sea room, self-control, softness,
   space, stamina, standard deviation, steadfastness, steadiness,
   stoicism, strength, sufferance, sweet reasonableness, swing,
   tenderness, toleration, unbigotedness, uncorrectness,
   unfactualness, unpreciseness, unrevengefulness, unrigorousness,
   variation, vigor, waiting game, waiting it out, way, whole,
   wide berth, winking, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms