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1. The act of indulging or gratifying a desire
   - indulgence, pampering, humoring [US], humouring [Brit, Cdn]

1. Give free rein to
   "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"
    
2. Yield (to); give satisfaction to
   - gratify, pander
    
3. Enjoy to excess
   "She indulges in ice cream"
   - luxuriate
    
4. Treat with excessive indulgence
   "grandparents often indulge the children"
   - pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil

See also: indulgence

Type of: cater, consume, deplete, do by, eat, eat up, exhaust, gratification, handle, ply, provide, run through, supply, treat, use up, wipe out