Associations to the word «Indulgent»

Wiktionary

INDULGENT, adjective. Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

Dictionary definition

INDULGENT, adjective. Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents".
INDULGENT, adjective. Tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime".
INDULGENT, adjective. Being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude".

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery