BEARABILITY Synonyms

• satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

• the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

• the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

• an aptitude that may be developed

• capability to perform or produce

• the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

• the amount that can be contained

• the maximum production possible

• a specified function

• (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive

• an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored

• the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

• tolerance for alcohol

• permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

• the power to withstand hardship or stress

• a state of surviving; remaining alive

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

• any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

• a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

• the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

• the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

• a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

• the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

• (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

• an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

• group action in opposition to those in power

• the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast

• a stable order (especially of society)

• the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation

• patient endurance especially of pain or distress

• a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations