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1
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
- this job requires a tolerant person who is used to dealing with complaints and angry customers
Synonyms for tolerant
- forbearing,
- long-suffering,
- patient,
- stoic
- (or stoical),
- uncomplaining
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2
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
- a tolerant acceptance of the terrible way that his wife has always treated him
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The first known use of tolerant was in 1776
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