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Another word for indulgent

Adjective

  1. Ready to do favors for another

    2. See also:

    willing

    help

  2. Not strict or severe

    3. See also:

    accept

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Another word for indulgent

Modifier
    2. See also:

    lenient

    kind

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Sentence Examples

  • Swedish historians have been excusably indulgent to the father of their greatest ruler.

  • Indeed, he was considered by his stern brethren as somewhat too fond and indulgent a parent.

  • Kalinka is, however, far too severe upon the patriots and much too indulgent towards King Stanislaus.

  • My father was most loving and indulgent, devoted to his home, seldom leaving us, except in the hunting season.

  • He was affable to the point of familiarity, quick-witted like a true Gascon, good-hearted, indulgent, yet skilled in reading the character of those around him, and he could at times show himself severe and unyielding.

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