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Learn “Tolerance

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Tolerance

noun/TOL-er-unss/

The willingness to accept people, ideas or things that are different from your own.

He showed great tolerance when his teammates made mistakes during the match.

Tolerance lets you 'tolerate' — to bear with differences without getting upset.

Use for accepting differences fairly, or for how much of something can be endured.