indulges

Verb

indulge (third-person singular simple present indulges, present participle indulging, simple past and past participle indulged)

1. (intransitive, often) To yield to a temptation or desire.
   • He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge.
2. (transitive) To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
   • Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.

   Synonyms:

   coddle, cosset, pamper, spoil

3. To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.
   • to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations
4. To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.
5. To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
   • persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC