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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Indulgent \In*dul"gent\, a. [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of
     indulgere: cf. F. indulgent. See Indulge.]
     Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites
     of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or
     restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an
     indulgent parent. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The indulgent censure of posterity.      --Waller.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Indulgent \In*dul"gent\, a. [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of
     indulgere: cf. F. indulgent. See Indulge.]
     Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites
     of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or
     restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an
     indulgent parent. --Shak.
  
           The indulgent censure of posterity.      --Waller.
  
           The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  indulgent
       adj 1: showing or characterized by or given to indulgence;
              "indulgent grandparents" [ant: nonindulgent]
       2: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their
          children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak";
          "too soft on the children" [syn: lax, lenient, soft]
       3: being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  indulgent
     Γαλλικά a.
     επιεικής, ανεκτικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  indulgent
     French a.
     lenient (tolerant; not strict)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr indulger  3 p pres ind//sub)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la indulgeō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  indulgent
     a.
     disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own
  or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  indulgent
     French a.
     lenient (tolerant; not strict)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr indulger  3 p pres ind//sub)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la indulgeō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  indulgent
     French a.
     lenient (tolerant; not strict)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr indulger  3 p pres ind//sub)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la indulgeō  3 p pres actv indc)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  indulgent
     Ranska a.
     avokätinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  indulgent
     Franska a.
     överseende, fördragsam, mild

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/
  متساهل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  indulgent //ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt// 
  отстъпчив, снизходителен
  prone to indulge

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/ 
  shovívavý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/
  nachgiebig 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/
  nachsichtig, duldsam 
           Note: gegenüber
           Note: to

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/
  
  μακρόθυμος, επιεικής

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  indulgent //ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt// 
  anteeksiantavainen, hyväntahtoinen, lempeä, myöntyväinen, suopea
  prone to indulge

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/ 
  1. कृपालु
        "The father gave an indulgent smile to his daughter."
  2. अनुकूल
        "Let us take an indulgent view of the play."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/
  1. elnézô
  2. engedékeny
  3. gyenge
  4. gyengekezû

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  indulgent /ɪnˈdʌlʤənt/ 
    pobłażliwy

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/ 
  indulgente

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  indulgent //ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt// 
  överseende, eftergiven, svag, tillåtande
  prone to indulge

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  indulgent /ɪndˈʌldʒənt/
  1. müsamahakâr, hoş görülü. indulgently  müsamaha ile, göz yumarak.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (envers) indulgent /ɛ̃dˈylʒ/
  trugarezus, damantus, re vadelezhus (ouzh)

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  indulgent /ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃/ 
  отстъпчив

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  indulgent /ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃/ 
  langmütig, nachsichtig, lax

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  indulgent /ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃/ 
  επιεικής

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  indulgent /ɛ̃dylʒɑ̃/ 
  1. lenient
  2. charitable, merciful

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  indulgent /ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃/ 
  indulgente

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  indulgent /ɛ̃dˈylʒ/ 
  indulgens

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  indulgent /ɛ̃dylʒ/
  1. goedertieren, lankmoedig, schappelijk
  2. toegeeflijk
  3. barmhartig
  4. gemoedelijk, mild
  5. genadig, vergevingsgezind

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  indulgent /ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃/ 
  överseende, fördragsam, mild

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪnˈdəɫdʒənt/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/ɛ̃dylʒɑ̃/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "indulgent":
     Spartan, accepting, accommodating, accommodative, admissive,
     affable, agreeable, allowing, amiable, armed with patience,
     attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, bibulous, broad-minded,
     charitable, clement, complaisant, compliant, consenting,
     considerate, cosseting, crapulent, crapulous, decent, delicate,
     disciplined, easy, easygoing, endurant, enduring, excessive,
     excusing, extravagant, extreme, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving,
     freethinking, generous, gluttonous, gracious, heedful, helpful,
     immoderate, incontinent, inordinate, intemperate, kind, kindly,
     latitudinarian, lax, lenient, liberal, libertarian, libertine,
     long-suffering, longanimous, magnanimous, merciful, mindful,
     mindful of others, nonprohibitive, obliging, open-minded,
     overindulgent, overindulging, overpermissive, pampering, patient,
     patient as Job, permissive, permitting, persevering, philosophical,
     prodigal, regardful, relaxed, self-controlled, self-indulgent,
     solicitous, stoic, suffering, swinish, tactful, thoughtful,
     tolerant, tolerating, tolerative, too much, unbigoted, unbridled,
     unconstrained, uncontrolled, understanding, undisciplined,
     unfrugal, unlimited, unmeasured, unprohibitive, unrestrained,
     unthrifty, well-disposed
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 纵容的,任性的,宽纵的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 纵容的,任性的,放纵的

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