Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Indulgent

Indulgent , adjective

[Latin indulgens, -entis, present participle of indulgere: compare French 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. — Shakespeare
The indulgent censure of posterity. — Waller
The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. — Dryden