adjective
- Showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others.
- Tolerant and forgiving under provocation.
- usage: "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"
- synonyms: kind
- Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
- usage: "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
- synonyms: broad, large-minded, liberal
- Able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress.
- usage: "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"
- synonyms: resistant
- Showing the capacity for endurance.
- usage: "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"
- synonyms: patient of
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