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English

Adjective

tolerant

  1. tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
  2. :He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
  3. tending to withstand or survive
  4. :These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.


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German

Adjective

  1. #English|tolerant


de:tolerant es:tolerant io:tolerant ku:tolerant hu:tolerant pt:tolerant fi:tolerant ta:tolerant te:tolerant vi:tolerant

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tolerant \Tol"er*ant\, a. [L. tolerans, p. pr. of tolerare to
tolerate: cf. F. tol['e]rant. See Tolerate.]
Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing;
indulgent.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet tolerant
adj 1: showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of
others [ant: intolerant]
2: tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was
very kind about the window our son broke" [syn: kind]
3: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad
political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a
liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
[syn: broad, large-minded, liberal]
4: showing the capacity for endurance; "injustice can make us
tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"
[syn: patient of]
Moby Dictionary
Spartan , accepting , accommodating , accommodative , admissive ,
advanced , agreeable , allowing , armed with patience , attentive ,
benevolent , broad , broad-minded , catholic , charitable , clement ,
compassionate , complaisant , conciliatory , consenting , considerate ,
delicate , disciplined , dispassionate , easy , easygoing , endurant ,
enduring , fair , forbearant , forbearing , forgiving , freethinking ,
generous , gentle , heedful , helpful , humane , indulgent , kind ,
latitudinarian , lax , lenient , liberal , libertarian , libertine ,
long-suffering , longanimous , magnanimous , merciful , mild , mindful ,
mindful of others , moderate , nonprohibitive , objective , obliging ,
open-minded , patient , patient as Job , permissive , permitting ,
persevering , philosophical , placable , regardful , self-controlled ,
soft , solicitous , sparing , stoic , suffering , tactful , tender ,
thoughtful , tolerating , tolerative , unbigoted , understanding ,
unprejudiced , unprohibitive , unresentful , unrevengeful


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