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tolerant

 adjective
     
tol‧e‧rant
1 allowing people to do, say, or believe what they want without criticizing or punishing them [≠ intolerant; ↪ tolerate]
tolerant of/towards
Luckily, my parents were tolerant of my choice of music.
a tolerant society
2 plants that are tolerant of particular weather or soil conditions can exist in those conditions
tolerant of
trees that are tolerant of salt sea winds
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