(v. t.) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
(v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
(v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
Example Sentences:
(1) Byrne's Nursie had the same indefatigable garrulousness, the same sense that she knew all the worst things about her charge – Miranda Richardson's bibulous Queen Elizabeth – so Gloriana and the rest had to indulge her.
(2) The lender will also have to take a 5% hit, to ensure it does not indulge in offering risky loans.
(3) So should we indulge our nut cravings or will that just add inches to the waist?
(4) I believe that both Nan and I had such a strong marriage that it was possible.” And she was prepared to indulge his experiments?
(5) Keith Richards , after all, used to indulge in speedballs of cocaine and heroin with such regularity that he cheerily referred to the toxic cocktail as "the breakfast of champions".
(6) He confessed to over-indulgence in this pleasure at some stages of his life, and to the recreational use of drugs.
(7) When election strategists brought in to pour over Ghani’s speeches told him to swear off coffee on rally days to strengthen his voice, he gave up one of his very few indulgences immediately.
(8) Early opportunities to indulge his skill for making unctuousness compelling came in the roles of a school snitch in the Al Pacino vehicle Scent of a Woman (1992), for which Hoffman auditioned five times.
(9) The chaddi [underwear] symbolises vulgarity, something Muthalik's men indulged in when they molested the girls in Mangalore, and pink adds shock value.
(10) This was the logic that initially led the coalition to reject Heathrow expansion, so why is it now, indulged if not quite supported by the opposition, drifting inexorably towards a new runway in the south-east?
(11) This is a character deliriously doomed to repetitive self-indulgence.
(12) They cut taxes on corporate Britain while indulging in entirely destructive gimmicks such as scrapping the 10p tax rate.
(13) However, it seems that other types of viruses (e.g., tobamoviruses, tombusviruses) do not indulge in regular gene exchange and that common gene pools, distinct from each other, do not occur.
(14) John Byrom, a lazy, self-indulgent 18th-century versifier, had three black hedgehogs on his coat of arms.
(15) There were also significantly elevated risks associated with occasional indulgence in these four habits.
(16) Her main project is new girl Tai (the late Brittany Murphy) who arrives at school as a clumsy, unconfident "ugly duckling" ripe for making over – allowing the film to indulge in that wonderful 80s teen movie trope: the dressing up montage.
(17) It was another popular choice at a closing night ceremony indulgently received by the Cannes crowd.
(18) This is not about benevolent indulgence but achievement of genuine equality in support and contribution.
(19) This idea is quite contrary to the traditional view that the ancient Maya were a contemplative people, who did not indulge in ritual ecstasy.
(20) Smith responded by saying he would not “indulge in gossip”.
Temptation
Definition:
(n.) The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
(n.) The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
(n.) That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.
Example Sentences:
(1) Obiang, blaming foreigners for bringing corruption to his country, told people he needed to run the national treasury to prevent others falling into temptation.
(2) We make mistakes, and fall victim to the temptations of pride, and power, and sometimes evil.
(3) Whereas a film documentary might piece together the sweatshop story through footage and anecdote, the game allows players to experience the system from the inside with all its cat's cradle of pressures and temptations.
(4) These and other maladies and temptations are a danger for every Christian and for any administrative organisation … and can strike at both the individual and the corporate level,” he said.
(5) Mancini resists the temptation to belt the Frenchman in the mouth as he walks past him.
(6) There's a temptation to supplement that with Pot Noodles.
(7) The surgeon should resist the temptation to do fast procedures.
(8) "The temptation to pressure ITV commissioners to favour in-house ideas will be hard to resist.
(9) The contribution of demographics (age, martial status), chronicity (previous alcohol hospitalizations, years of problem drinking), coping (temptation, cognitive coping), and early aftercare attendance, in predicting drinking outcomes was examined using hierarchical regression and discriminant analyses.
(10) "The temptation is going to be to see these attacks as an indication of greater co-ordination, to which I would say maybe, maybe not," said John Campbell, the former US ambassador to Nigeria.
(11) The speaker concluded by encouraging Philippine nurses to resist the temptation to work abroad to make more money and instead stay in the Philippines to care for their own people.
(12) Interesting to see that US soccer have resisted any temptation to switch the Mexico game to Sporting Park, despite a lot of lobbying that they do so.
(13) Britain has historically resisted the temptations of political extremism, but largely because for most of the last century its economy, even if disappointing, has been resilient, while its political system has enjoyed widespread legitimacy.
(14) "One of the things I say always to new members of the service is that there may be a temptation to cut those corners but in the longer term that will be a real problem to us," he said.
(15) Unwin directed As You Like It, which closes this weekend: he will then give away a tonne of topsoil from the set to a local school, resisting the temptation to set up in the neighbouring market place and sell it.
(16) The risks stem from the temptation to seek solutions to national problems in the experience of other countries in a way that ignores the fact that whereas institutions may, in theory at least, be exportable, their social, political, and economic environment is not.
(17) The results showed that, when judges categorized subjects' open-ended responses to questions about their last relapse, temptations or urges in the presence of substance cues were accorded no importance as a reason for relapse, and these categorizations were similar in this respect to previously reported findings.
(18) It says: “The chancellor should also resist the temptation to raid universal credit.
(19) The economic need for rapid treatment while maintaining good standards of work, can result in pressure, and the temptation to 'cut corners' can prove costly.
(20) The primary care physician must often diagnose what things are not, rather than what they are, must make management decisions prior to, or instead of, diagnostic decisions and must resist the temptation to be ;thorough' These imperatives are reflected in the language family physicians sometimes use in their conversations with patients.