1) seeming, suitable

2) equitable, fair, mild, gentle

It is often translated "Forbearance" like in the ASV

The dictionary online says that forbearance is: 

1.	the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.

2.	forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.

3.	an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.

4.	a creditor's giving of indulgence after the day originally fixed for payment.

When living with people it is a given that people will fail, falter, and make mistakes.  Sometimes we require them to change but being human I think we all know how long that can take from time to time depending on the severity of the issue.  In the family, on the job, in the local church should we forbear (put up with) one another?  There are some who feel that the church is holy and we ought to conduct ourselves in holiness and it is our God-given duty to rebuke our brothers and sisters in the Lord when they don't do right in order to keep them on the right path.  Jesus was clear that if we have an ought against our brother we should go to our brother first before taking more drastic measures.   We need to be extremely careful as we go to remove the "speck" out of our brother's eyes lest we end up poking them in the eye and hurting them and causing severe injury.  Forbearance involves patience, kindness, and self-restraint.  Do those words ring a bell?  They should they are the fruit of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23.  Christians ought to display the character of Christ especially when dealing with their brothers and sisters in Christ.  Paul encouraged the Galatian church to:   As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.  We who are strong ought to bear the burdens of the weak.  It is kind of ironic that those who are the "spiritually mature" often don't exercise maturity when it comes to humility, graciousness, or self-control.  Then not only do we have the errors of the the younger less mature believers to deal with,  it is aggravated by the "mature" who try to do the work of the Holy Spirit and deal with the immature and set them straight.  In trying to do the work of the Lord they often injure and hurt the very ones they are trying to save.  I find it quite interesting that Jesus taught that we are to be "wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."  I am not saying that we should not correct one another and exhort one another, but if we do we are to be gentle and deal with one another as brothers, sisters, and parents.  ¹Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;  ²The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

As a side note if the problems continue to persist after you have spoken your peace, be at peace and leave it to God. There is no need to poison others in the body towards another. The Bible is clear that we are not to let corrupt communication proceed out of our mouth but only that which is for the edification of another.  In other words if your words don't put another in a better light you ought not to say it at all.  My brothers how can salt and fresh water flow out of the same spring?  How then you can be a proponent of righteousness and speak evil of one another.  It doesn't add up it is not congruent!  

The back drop of the the verse in Phillipians 4 is a squabble between two ladies in the church of Phllipi and Paul urged them to get along and work it out. How do we work it out?  We forbear with one another and let the Holy Spirit do His job of conviction and training in righteousness.