Word Meanings - INDULGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

equiv. to L. remissio, OIr. dligeth, equiv. to L. lex, Goth. dulgs 1. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain; when said of a habit, desire, etc.: to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth,

Additional info about word: INDULGE

equiv. to L. remissio, OIr. dligeth, equiv. to L. lex, Goth. dulgs 1. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain; when said of a habit, desire, etc.: to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations; when said of a person: to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure. Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly. Atterbury. 2. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request. Persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners. Jer. Taylor. Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night! Pope. Note: It is remarked by Johnson, that if the matter of indulgence is a single thing, it has with before it; if it is a habit, it has in; as, he indulged himself with a glass of wine or a new book; he indulges himself in idleness or intemperance. See Gratify.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INDULGE)

• Excuse
• Exculpate
• absolve
• pardon
• forgive
• overlook
• condone
• i emit
• indulge
• justify
• vindicate
• defend
• acquit
• mitigate
• extenuate
• release
• exempt
• exonerate
• Gratify
• Please
• satisfy
• humor
• Harbor Cherish
• accommodate
• entertain
• encourage
• shelter
• foster
• lodge
• License \t Permit
• allow
• Pamper
• Feed
• glut
• spoil
• cocker

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INDULGE)

• Bind
• constrain
• confine
• shackle
• fetter
• yoke
• Expose
• surrender
• betray
• imperil
• endanger

Related words: (words related to INDULGE)

• ACQUIT
  Acquitted; set free; rid of. Shak.
• EXCUSEMENT
  Excuse. Gower.
• HUMOR
  A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple. 3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids
• PARDON
  A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses. Syn. -- Forgiveness; remission.
• CONFINER
  One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
• PERMIT
  1. To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with. What things God doth neither command nor forbid . . . he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone. Hooker. 2. To grant express license or liberty
• RELEASE
  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• CHERISHMENT
  Encouragement; comfort. Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.
• PAMPERER
  One who, or that which, pampers. Cowper.
• ALLOWEDLY
  By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.
• SHELTERLESS
  Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• ALLOW
  allocare to admit as proved, to place, use; confused with OF. aloer, fr. L. allaudare to extol; ad + laudare to praise. See Local, and cf. 1. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke xi. 48. We commend
• EXCUSE
  1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit. A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him
• ALLOWER
  1. An approver or abettor. 2. One who allows or permits.
• PERMITTER
  One who permits. A permitter, or not a hinderer, of sin. J. Edwards.
• HARBOR MASTER
  An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
• INDULGEMENT
  Indulgence. Wood.
• FORGIVER
  One who forgives. Johnson.
• GOOD-HUMORED
  Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.
• HALLOW
  To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• THRYFALLOW
  To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
• SALLOWISH
  Somewhat sallow. Dickens.
• WALLOWER
  A lantern wheel; a trundle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, wallows.
• MALLOWWORT
  Any plant of the order Malvaceæ.
• UNLODGE
  To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. Carew.