INDULGENT Synonyms

• showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

• tolerant and forgiving under provocation

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

• showing the capacity for endurance

• helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation

• obliging; willing to do favors

• not hurried or forced

• not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship

• relaxed and informal in attitude or standards

• inclined or able to forgive and show mercy

• providing absolution

• willing to give and share unstintingly

• not petty in character and mind

• more than is usual or necessary

• having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• agreeable, conducive to comfort

• tolerant and forgiving under provocation

• tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• having political or social views favoring reform and progress

• given or giving freely

• not literal

• noble and generous in spirit

• generous and understanding and tolerant

• not preventive

• granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline

• showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature

• quiet and soothing

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• easily handled or managed

• having little impact

• marked by moderate steepness

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• stroke soothingly

• yielding readily to pressure or weight

• compassionate and kind; conciliatory

• (of sound) relatively low in volume

• produced with vibration of the vocal cords

• not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

• (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')

• in a relaxed manner; or without hardship

• easily hurt

• (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value

• using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation

• tolerant or lenient

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having little impact

• out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance

• willing to negotiate and compromise

• not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship

• mild and pleasant

• not brilliant or glaring