margin for error
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- leewayPermissible margin of freedom
- wiggle roomFlexibility to adjust
- slackAbsence of tautness
cushion · safety net · breathing room · flexibility · allowance · forgiveness · threshold · deviation · variance · accuracy · calibration · overshoot · undershoot · fudge factor · play · clearance · tight · razor-thin
tolerance for mistakes
margin for errorzero tolerance
Policy allowing no infractions
exactitude · pinpoint accuracy · unforgiving · do-or-die · all-or-nothing
precision requirements
margin for errorpinpoint accuracy
exactness · surgical precision · hair's breadth · knife-edge · tight tolerances
risk management approach
margin for errorknife's edge
Sharp cutting border
tightrope · on the brink · bare minimum · no safety net · high-wire act