All 4 Uses of
indulgent
in
Silas Marner
- he allowed them to get into arrears, neglect their fences, ... and otherwise go the wrong way,--and then, when he became short of money in consequence of this indulgence, he took the hardest measures and would listen to no appeal.
Chpt 1.8 *indulgence = treatment with extra kindness or tolerance
- He was not critical on the faulty indulgence which preceded these fits; that seemed to him natural enough.†
Chpt 1.8
- He was not likely to be very penetrating in his judgments, but he had always had a sense that his father's indulgence had not been kindness, and had had a vague longing for some discipline that would have checked his own errant weakness and helped his better will.†
Chpt 1.9
- Perhaps it was this very severity towards any indulgence of what she held to be sinful regret in herself, that made her shrink from applying her own standard to her husband.†
Chpt 2.17
Definition:
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(indulgent) to treat with extra kindness or tolerance