indulgent

Definition of Indulgent in English :

1. indulgent

characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

Example Sentences:
'indulgent grandparents'

2. indulgent, lenient, soft

tolerant or lenient

Example Sentences:
'indulgent parents risk spoiling their children'
'too soft on the children'
'they are soft on crime'

3. indulgent

being favorably inclined

Example Sentences:
'an indulgent attitude'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Indulgent

adjective

showing or characterized by indulgence

adjective

indulging or inclined to indulge; kind or lenient, often to excess

adj.

1. Showing, characterized by, or given to permissiveness or generosity with regard to others: an indulgent parent; an indulgent book review.

2. Showing, characterized by, or given to self-indulgence: indulgent habits.