Associations to the word «Indulgent»
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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".
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