Definition of Indulge

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Indulge

To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;

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.

To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

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.

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Indulge Quotations

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.
Napoleon Hill

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
George Washington

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
George S. Patton

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
Gertrude Stein

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
Joseph Addison

Every once in awhile, a girl has to indulge herself.
Sarah Jessica Parker

Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.
Moliere

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
Laurence J. Peter

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.
Walter Winchell

However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science.
Knut Hamsun

Indulge Translations

indulge in Dutch is ontzien, sparen
indulge in Finnish is armahtaa
indulge in German is Nachsicht zeigen, nachgeben
indulge in Spanish is complacerse

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