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   indulgent

   /ɪnˈdʌldʒ(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. having or indicating a readiness or over-readiness to be generous to or lenient with someone: "indulgent parents"
   • ▪ self-indulgent: "sheer indulgent nostalgia"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French, or from Latin indulgent- ‘giving free rein to’, from the verb indulgere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. indulgently adverb

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