About The Word Indulgent
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Indulgent
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What's The Definition Of Indulgent?
[adj] being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"
[adj] showing or characterized by or given to indulgence; "indulgent grandparents" [adj] tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children" Synonyms | Synonyms for Indulgent: betting | card-playing | decadent | dissipated | effete | epicurean | favorable | favourable | gambling | gay | hedonic | hedonistic | intemperate | lax | lenient | luxurious | pampering(a) | permissive | self-indulgent | soft | sporting | sybaritic | voluptuary | voluptuous Related Terms | Find terms related to Indulgent: accepting | accommodating | accommodative | admissive | affable | agreeable | allowing | amiable | armed with patience | attentive | benevolent | benign | benignant | bibulous | broad-minded | charitable | clement | complaisant | compliant | consenting | considerate | cosseting | crapulent | crapulous | decent | delicate | disciplined | easy | easygoing | endurant | enduring | excessive | excusing | extravagant | extreme | forbearant | forbearing | forgiving | freethinking | generous | gluttonous | gracious | heedful | helpful | immoderate | incontinent | inordinate | intemperate | kind | kindly | latitudinarian | lax | lenient | liberal | libertarian | libertine | longanimous | long-suffering | magnanimous | merciful | mindful | mindful of others | nonprohibitive | obliging | open-minded | overindulgent | overindulging | overpermissive | pampering | patient | patient as Job | permissive | permitting | persevering | philosophical | prodigal | regardful | relaxed | self-controlled | self-indulgent | solicitous | Spartan | stoic | suffering | swinish | tactful | thoughtful | tolerant | tolerating | tolerative | too much | unbigoted | unbridled | unconstrained | uncontrolled | understanding | undisciplined | unfrugal | unlimited | unmeasured | unprohibitive | unrestrained | unthrifty | well-disposed See Also | gluttonous Indulgent In Webster's Dictionary \In*dul"gent\, a. [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of
indulgere: cf. F. indulgent. See {Indulge}.]
Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites
of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or
restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an
indulgent parent. --Shak.
The indulgent censure of posterity. --Waller.
The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. --Dryden.
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