tolerant.
Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
Meaning & usage
Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
Tending to withstand or survive.
These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
Where this word comes from
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.
Where this word comes from
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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