All 3 Uses of
indulgent
in
Going After Cacciato
- He told of how the lieutenant had once been an officer of high rank, a captain, and how all that had been ended because of indulgence and simple misfortune,
Chpt 27 *indulgence = excessive satisfaction of desires with too little concern for responsibilities
- The girl smiled indulgently.†
Chpt 40indulgently = with extra kindness or tolerance
- Always smiling, always indulgent, they let themselves be captured and frisked and interrogated.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(indulgent) to treat with extra kindness or tolerance
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In 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