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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ;
- Example: "indulgent grandparents"

2. tolerant or lenient;
- Example: "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"
- Example: "too soft on the children"
- Example: "they are soft on crime"
[syn: indulgent, lenient, soft]

3. being favorably inclined;
- Example: "an indulgent attitude"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Indulgent \In*dul"gent\, a. [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of
   indulgere: cf. F. indulgent. See Indulge.]
   Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites
   of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or
   restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an
   indulgent parent. --Shak.
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         The indulgent censure of posterity.      --Waller.
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         The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indulgent
    adj 1: characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of
           someone ; "indulgent grandparents" [ant: nonindulgent,
           strict]
    2: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their
       children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on
       crime" [syn: indulgent, lenient, soft]
    3: being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"