A kindly act

• benefit

  1. Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage:
  2. Help; aid:
  3. A payment made by a government agency or insurance company to qualifying persons in time of need:

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  1. Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage:
  2. Help; aid:
  3. A payment made by a government agency or insurance company to qualifying persons in time of need:

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• service

  1. Work that is done for others as an occupation or business:
  2. The performance of work or duties for a superior or as a servant:
  3. An act or a variety of work done for others, especially for pay:

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  1. Work that is done for others as an occupation or business:
  2. The performance of work or duties for a superior or as a servant:
  3. An act or a variety of work done for others, especially for pay:

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• kindness

  1. The quality or state of being kind.
  2. An instance of kind behavior:

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  1. The quality or state of being kind.
  2. An instance of kind behavior:

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• grace

  1. Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion.
  2. A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement.
  3. A sense of fitness or propriety.

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  1. Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion.
  2. A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement.
  3. A sense of fitness or propriety.

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• good turn

  1. An act or gesture that helps another person; a favor.

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  1. An act or gesture that helps another person; a favor.

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• favor

  1. A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted:
  2. Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support:
  3. A state of being held in such regard:

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  1. A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted:
  2. Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support:
  3. A state of being held in such regard:

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Forbearing or lenient treatment

• toleration

  1. Tolerance with respect to the actions and beliefs of others.
  2. Official recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially on religion.

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  1. Tolerance with respect to the actions and beliefs of others.
  2. Official recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially on religion.

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• tolerance

  1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
  2. Leeway for variation from a standard.
  3. The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.

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  1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
  2. Leeway for variation from a standard.
  3. The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.

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• lenity

  1. The condition or quality of being lenient; leniency:

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  1. The condition or quality of being lenient; leniency:

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• leniency

  1. The condition or quality of being lenient.
  2. A lenient act.

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  1. The condition or quality of being lenient.
  2. A lenient act.

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• lenience

  1. Leniency.

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  1. Leniency.

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• forbearance

  1. Tolerance and restraint in the face of provocation; patience.
  2. The act of giving a debtor more time to pay rather than immediately enforcing a debt that is due.

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  1. Tolerance and restraint in the face of provocation; patience.
  2. The act of giving a debtor more time to pay rather than immediately enforcing a debt that is due.

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• charity

  1. Provision of help or relief to the poor; almsgiving.
  2. Something given to help the needy; alms.
  3. An institution, organization, or fund established to help the needy.

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  1. Provision of help or relief to the poor; almsgiving.
  2. Something given to help the needy; alms.
  3. An institution, organization, or fund established to help the needy.

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• charitableness

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
  2. (rare, countable) A particular kind or instance of this quality.

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  1. (uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
  2. (rare, countable) A particular kind or instance of this quality.

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Humoring

• catering to

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• gratifying

  1. Present participle of gratify.

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  1. Present participle of gratify.

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• kowtowing

  1. Present participle of kowtow.
  2. The act of one who kowtows; a submissive bow.

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  1. Present participle of kowtow.
  2. The act of one who kowtows; a submissive bow.

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• favoring

  1. Present participle of favor.

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  1. Present participle of favor.

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• toadying

  1. Present participle of toady.

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  1. Present participle of toady.

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• pleasing

  1. Giving pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable.

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  1. Giving pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable.

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• placating

  1. Present participle of placate.

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  1. Present participle of placate.

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• spoiling

  1. Present participle of spoil.
  2. plunder; pillage

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  1. Present participle of spoil.
  2. plunder; pillage

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• babying

  1. Present participle of baby.

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  1. Present participle of baby.

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• fondling

  1. 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Vol. I, ch. 10:
  2. A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.

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  1. 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Vol. I, ch. 10:
  2. A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.

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• overweening attention

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• petting

  1. The act or practice of amorously embracing, kissing, and caressing one's partner.

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  1. The act or practice of amorously embracing, kissing, and caressing one's partner.

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• pampering

  1. Present participle of pamper.
  2. The act by which somebody is pampered.

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  1. Present participle of pamper.
  2. The act by which somebody is pampered.

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• coddling

  1. Act in a sissifying way
  2. Present participle of coddle.

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  1. Act in a sissifying way
  2. Present participle of coddle.

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Forbearance

• toleration

  1. Tolerance with respect to the actions and beliefs of others.
  2. Official recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially on religion.

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  1. Tolerance with respect to the actions and beliefs of others.
  2. Official recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially on religion.

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• lenience

  1. Leniency.

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  1. Leniency.

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• allowance

  1. The act of allowing.
  2. An amount that is allowed or granted:
  3. Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose:

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  1. The act of allowing.
  2. An amount that is allowed or granted:
  3. Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose:

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Revelry

• overdoing it

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• sybaritism

  1. luxury; wantonness; voluptuousness

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  1. luxury; wantonness; voluptuousness

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• la dolce vita (Italian)

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• high living

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• decadence

  1. A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.
  2. A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.

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  1. A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.
  2. A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.

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• self-gratification

  1. The act of giving oneself pleasure or of satisfying one's own desires.

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  1. The act of giving oneself pleasure or of satisfying one's own desires.

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• hedonism

  1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
  2. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
  3. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.

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  1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
  2. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
  3. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.

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• self-indulgence

  1. Excessive indulgence of one's own appetites and desires.

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  1. Excessive indulgence of one's own appetites and desires.

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• waste

  1. To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
  2. To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
  3. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:

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  1. To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
  2. To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
  3. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:

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• luxury

  1. Sumptuous or extremely comfortable living or surroundings:
  2. Something that is not essential but provides pleasure and comfort:
  3. Something that is desirable but expensive or hard to obtain or do:

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  1. Sumptuous or extremely comfortable living or surroundings:
  2. Something that is not essential but provides pleasure and comfort:
  3. Something that is desirable but expensive or hard to obtain or do:

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• overindulgence

  1. excessive indulgence

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  1. excessive indulgence

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• drunkenness

  1. A state of being drunk

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  1. A state of being drunk

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• intemperance

  1. Lack of temperance, as in the indulgence of an appetite or a passion.
  2. Excessive use of alcoholic beverages.

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  1. Lack of temperance, as in the indulgence of an appetite or a passion.
  2. Excessive use of alcoholic beverages.

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• dissipation

  1. The act of dissipating or the condition of having been dissipated.
  2. Wasteful expenditure or consumption.
  3. Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure; intemperance.

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  1. The act of dissipating or the condition of having been dissipated.
  2. Wasteful expenditure or consumption.
  3. Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure; intemperance.

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• prodigality

  1. Wasteful extravagance.
  2. Lavish generosity.

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  1. Wasteful extravagance.
  2. Lavish generosity.

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