indulgent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INDUL'GENT, adjective Yielding to the wishes, desires, humor or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; as an indulgent parent. 1. Mild, favorable; not severe; as the indulgent censure of posterity. 2. Gratifying; favoring; with of. The feeble old, indulgent of their ease.
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