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Definition of Tolerant

1. Adjective. Showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others.

2. Adjective. Tolerant and forgiving under provocation. "Our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"

3. Adjective. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness. "Tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

4. Adjective. Able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress. "The new hybrid is more resistant to drought"

5. Adjective. Showing the capacity for endurance. "A man patient of distractions"

Definition of Tolerant

1. a. Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

Definition of Tolerant

1. Adjective. tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something ¹

2. Adjective. tending to withstand or survive ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tolerant

1. inclined to tolerate [adj]

Medical Definition of Tolerant

1. Having the property of tolerance. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tolerant

tole toled toledos tolerabilities tolerability tolerable tolerable daily intake tolerableness tolerablish tolerably

tolerance tolerance dose toleranced tolerances tolerancing tolerant (current term) tolerantly tolerate tolerated tolerates

tolerating toleration tolerations tolerative tolerator tolerators tolerization tolerize tolerizeable tolerized

Literary usage of Tolerant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... and all their genuine success- os : she evidently appears designed by Eter- n Л Wisdom to have been a tolerant church ; au.l hv being such, ..."

2. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"Buddhism, although tolerant of heresy, has ever been vehement in its persecution of schism. Boldly confident in its own superiority, it bears without ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"ment on tolerant principles, the policy of the Act of Uniformity (1662), which contradicted his two declarations, was not his own policy. ..."

4. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1862)
"... FROM EITHER CAMP ENEMY'S SHIPS IN THE SOUND REMOVAL OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM THE CITY—YEARNING FOR HOME AMONG THE MILITIA tolerant IDEAS OF WASHINGTON ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"... we rejoice to hear that she is mild and tolerant, and that »he rejects the aids of superstition and fanaticism. She is at this moment beyond all doubt ..."

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