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Tolerant

Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

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Similar meaning 6

Forgiving 84% connected

of Forgive

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Forgiving 84% connected

of Forgive

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Patient 84% connected

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Patient 84% connected

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Tolerable 84% connected

Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.

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Tolerable 84% connected

Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.

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Derivationally related 4

Tolerance 74% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Tolerance 74% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Tolerate 74% connected

To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with;…

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Tolerate 74% connected

To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Charitable 66% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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Charitable 66% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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Patient 66% connected

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Patient 66% connected

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Synonym 4

Broad 92% connected

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

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Kind 92% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Liberal 92% connected

Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resistant 92% connected

Making resistance; resisting.

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