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Adjective: indulgent  in'dúl-junt
  1. Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone
    "indulgent grandparents"
     
  2. Tolerant or lenient
    "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children";
    - lenient, soft
     
  3. Being favourably inclined
    "an indulgent attitude"

See also: betting, card-playing, decadent, dissipated, epicurean, favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn], gambling, gay, gluttonous, hard, heavy, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, luxuriant, luxurious, luxury, overindulgent, pampering, permissive, self-indulgent, sporting, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous

Antonym: strict

Encyclopedia: Indulgent