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Definition
to treat with extra kindness or toleranceIn the form, indulgence, the word can also refer to a special pleasure—typically something done in excess of what is thought good—such as eating too much cake, or being too lazy
- Indulgent parents risk spoiling their children.
indulgent = treating with extra kindness or leniency (in this case, not demanding enough of the children)
- Her parents are strict, but her grandparents are indulgent.
- just because you are Dumbledore's favourite boy, you must not expect the same indulgence from the rest of us...J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Bethany was growing into a young woman with a bright future who would thrive in this self-indulgent landscape called North America.Ted Dekker -- BoneMan's Daughters
- He was one of those rare men who are rigid to themselves and indulgent to others.George Eliot -- Middlemarch
- When he reaches Broadway he changes his mind and hails a cab. The decision feels indulgent, as it is not particularly late, or cold, or raining, and he is in no great rush to be home.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- "Maybe I deserve to be killed."
"Stop that!" Lee said coldly. "That can be the cheapest kind of self-indulgence."John Steinbeck -- East of Eden - Privacy was an adult indulgence, but when he got to be one, he seemed not to need it.Toni Morrison -- Beloved
- Thorolf tilted his head indulgently, like he was dealing with not-very-bright children.Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna
- Archie allowed himself the indulgence of a quiet, confident laugh, but closed his fists to hide his moist palms.Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War
- GEORGE: You're a spoiled, self-indulgent, willful, dirty-minded, liquor-ridden ....Edward Albee -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- I actually feel quite self-indulgent at the moment, telling you all about me, me, me.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- However, tonight, with your indulgence, let me share with you my own views.Gerald R. Ford -- A War That is Finished
- Father was a fond, indulgent husband, but a man that never flinched from anything that he thought necessary;Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Given the circumstances, I guess I deserve one day of indulgence.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- They spoiled her, and she, as a favor to their indulgence, hid as best she could the fact that they embarrassed her.Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
- When a child says he's seen a troll in his bedroom or a vampire outside the window, we simply smile indulgently.Stephen King -- The Shining
- But once a year, they all smiled indulgently at the commotion from the little ones waiting to receive their names and families.Lois Lowry -- The Giver
- Dick laughed indulgently at Abe, whom he loved, and in whom he had long lost hope:F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
- Haymitch, his face puffy and red from the previous day's indulgences, is chuckling.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
indulgent = with a tendency to treat with extra kindness or leniency
indulgence = treatment with extra kindness or tolerance
self-indulgent = excessively kind to or undemanding of oneself
indulgent = treat with extra kindness or tolerance
indulgent = like he is treating himself too well (excessive kindness to himself without enough concern for the cost)
self-indulgence = being excessively undemanding of oneself
indulgence = thing enjoyed
indulgently = with extra kindness or tolerance
indulgence = special pleasure (something enjoyed more than he might normally permit)
self-indulgent = excessively tolerant to or undemanding of oneself
self-indulgent = excessively tolerant to or undemanding of oneself while too focused on personal desires
indulgence = treatment with extra kindness or tolerance
indulgent = kind and tolerant
indulgence = special pleasure—typically something done in excess of what is thought good
indulgence = treatment with extra kindness and tolerance
indulgently = with extra kindness or tolerance
indulgently = with extra tolerance or kindness
indulgently = with extra kindness or tolerance
indulgences = things enjoyed excessively (knowing Haymitch, probably alcohol)