1 (usually disapproving) tending to allow sb to have or do whatever they want:
indulgent parents * an indulgent smile * Mothers tend to be less indulgent towards daughters.
seealsoSELF-INDULGENT
2 willing or too willing to ignore the weaknesses in sb/sth
SYNPATIENT:
to take an indulgent view of sth
indulgently adverb:
to laugh indulgently
