Dictionary Definition

indulge

1 give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"

2 yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn: gratify, pander]

3 enjoy to excess [syn: luxuriate]

4 treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil]

User Contributed Dictionary

From Latin indulgere meaning to give free reign to, complaisant

, (often followed by "in"): To take pleasure in.

He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge.
To satisfy the wishes of; to give in to.

He indulged them with money.

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