indulgent
adjective /ɪnˈdʌldʒənt/
/ɪnˈdʌldʒənt/
- (usually disapproving) tending to allow somebody to have or do whatever they want
- indulgent parents
- an indulgent smile
- Mothers tend to be less indulgent towards daughters.
- She was usually very indulgent with him.
- willing or too willing to ignore the weaknesses in somebody/something synonym patient
- to take an indulgent view of something
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin indulgent- ‘giving free rein to’, from the verb indulgere.