Bearing with the people I admitted (4)
I believe the answer is:
mien
'bearing' is the definition.
(I know that bearing can be written as mien)
'people i admitted' is the wordplay.
'people' becomes 'men' (men are people).
'admitted' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are admitted in).
'men' enclosing 'i' is 'MIEN'.
'with the' is the link.
(Other definitions for mien that I've seen before include "Facial expression sounds miserly" , "Counterance - mine?" , "A manner like mine" , "Appearance, bearing" , "aspect" .)