Both Uses of
indulgent
in
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Your mere puny stripling, that winced at the least flourish of the rod, was passed by with indulgence; but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch.†
- Balt Van Tassel was an easy indulgent soul; he loved his daughter ... and, like a reasonable man and an excellent father, let her have her way in everything.
*indulgent = extremely kind and lenient
Definition:
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(indulgent) to treat with extra kindness or tolerance