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Definition
to treat with extra kindness or tolerance
- Mrs. Thorpe was a widow, and not a very rich one; she was a good-humoured, well-meaning woman, and a very indulgent mother.Chapter 4 (92% in)
- Mrs. Thorpe is too indulgent beyond a doubt; but, however, you had better not interfere.Chapter 13 (96% in)
- This indulgence, though not more than Catherine had hoped for, completed her conviction of being favoured beyond every other human creature, in friends and fortune, circumstance and chance.Chapter 17 (67% in)
- After half an hour's free indulgence of grief and reflection, Catherine felt equal to encountering her friends; but whether she should make her distress known to them was another consideration.Chapter 25 (54% in)
There are no more uses of "indulgent" in Northanger Abbey.
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