tolerant

Adjective
  1. Showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others (synset 302445545)
    also:
    • charitable - full of love and generosity
    • patient - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
    similar to: unbigoted - not opinionated
  2. Tolerant and forgiving under provocation (synset 301044891)
    "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"
    similar to: forgiving - inclined or able to forgive and show mercy
    same as: kind
  3. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness (synset 300287703)
    "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
    similar to: broad-minded - inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own
    same as: broad, large-minded, liberal
  4. Able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress (synset 302444201)
    "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"
    similar to: tolerable - capable of being borne or endured
    same as: resistant
  5. Showing the capacity for endurance (synset 301741132)
    "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"
    similar to: patient - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
    same as: patient of

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