Both Uses of
indulge
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- If anything, she's been harder on them in some ways than a mother would have been… she's never let them get away with anything, she's never indulged them the way most colored nurses do.
p. 183..2indulged = allowed to enjoy something to excess
- He permitted smoking in his courtroom but did not himself indulge: sometimes, if one was lucky, one had the privilege of watching him put a long dry cigar into his mouth and munch it slowly up.
p. 221..4 *indulge = enjoy it (even though it is thought not to be good)
Definition:
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(indulge) to give into a desire or enjoy something -- especially in excess of what is thought good--such as a desire to eat too much cake, or be too lazy
or:
to allow or help someone to get their way or enjoy something -- especially something that (probably because of excess) is not considered to be good or proper