0 allowing someone to have or do what they want, especially when this is not good for them: --
He had been a strict father but was indulgent to/towards his grandchildren.
an indulgent smile
indulgent relatives
His audience on this occasion, however, was not so credulous or indulgent.
While current neurolinguistic discussion is often indulgent and without discipline, this handbook offers evidence that there is, nonetheless, important, ongoing scientific activity in the field.
The count is indulgent, as it computes, by definition, the minimal number of missing and wrong links.
The life he designed for his workmen was not an indulgent one.
Furthermore, the guilds frequently criticized the authorities on the grounds that their policy towards illicit artisan work and their practice of control was too indulgent.
At the same time, his indulgent tone does not betray a strongly negative reaction to their self-identification.
It would have felt rather indulgent, in the end, to do it that way.
