Indulgent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Showing, characterized by, or given to indulgence; lenient.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • Synonyms Lenient, forbearing, tolerant, gentle. See gratify.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. being favorably inclined
  • adj. tolerant or lenient
  • adj. characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone
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    compliant    tolerant    mild    favorable    favoring    humoring    easy    lenient    gentle    forbearing   
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