Adjective: indulgent in'dúl-junt
- Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone
"indulgent grandparents"
- Tolerant or lenient
"indulgent parents risk spoiling their children";
- lenient, soft
- Being favourably inclined
"an indulgent attitude"
See also: betting, card-playing, decadent, dissipated, epicurean, favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn], gambling, gay, gluttonous, hard, heavy, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, luxuriant, luxurious, luxury, overindulgent, pampering, permissive, self-indulgent, sporting, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous
Antonym: nonindulgent
Encyclopedia: Indulgent