tolerant
to·le·rant
adjective
2.
tolerant and forgiving under provocation
- “our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke”
3.
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- “a broad political stance”
- “generous and broad sympathies”
- “a liberal newspaper”
- “tolerant of his opponent”
Origin
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
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