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in·dulge

 (ĭn-dŭlj′)
v. in·dulged, in·dulg·ing, in·dulg·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To yield to (a desire or whim); gratify: indulge a craving for chocolate.
b. To yield to the desires or whims of (someone), often excessively: We indulged our daughter on her birthday. See Synonyms at pamper.
2. Roman Catholic Church To grant an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation to.
v.intr.
1. To indulge oneself: eyed the desserts but didn't indulge.
2. To engage or take part, especially freely or avidly: indulged in outrageous behavior; indulged in all the latest fads.
[Latin indulgēre; see dlegh- in Indo-European roots.]
in·dulg′er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.indulging - the act of indulging or gratifying a desireindulging - the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
humoring, pampering, indulgence
intemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"
gratification - the act or an instance of satisfying
overindulgence, excess - excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
binge, splurge - any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
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In indulging and pitying lay ever my greatest danger; and all human hubbub wisheth to be indulged and tolerated.
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But he only replied that I had been the betrayer in the case, by indulging in various amours.
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It is also absurd for those who promote a community of children to forbid those who love each other from indulging themselves in the last excesses of that passion, while they do not restrain them from the passion itself, or those intercourses which are of all things most improper, between a Father and a son, a brother and a brother, and indeed the thing itself is most absurd.
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