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51flattery — n 1. compliment, salute, praise, laudation; tribute, extolment, exaltation, celebration, glorification; eulogy, eulogium, eulogization, encomium, panegyric, adulation; trumpetry, crying up, ringing or singing [s.o. s] praises, puffery, puffing up …
52indulgence — n 1. self gratification, dissipation, intemperance, intemperateness, immoderation, im moderateness; prodigality, extravagance, profligateness, unrestraint, excess; voluptuousness, sensuality, sybaritism, epicureanism; dissoluteness,… …
53indulgent — adj 1. permissive, lenient, liberal, lax, easy; tolerant, allowing, permitting, suffering; enduring, Archaic. forbearing, forgiving, excusing, sparing; merciful, compassionate, clement; conciliatory, placatory, placating; amiable, amicable,… …
54laxity — n 1. looseness, slackness, laxness, carelessness, heedlessness, mindlessness, inattention, unmindfulness, absent mindedness; neglect, negligence, dereliction, remissness; unrigorousness, noninterference, laissez faire, nonrestriction;… …
55mildness — n 1. gentleness, tenderness, softness; amiability, affability, geniality, cordiality, graciousness, kindheartedness, benignity, benignancy, mansue tude, kindliness, warmth, milk of human kindness, sweetness; forbearance, patience, toleration,… …
56patronage — n 1. business, trade, custom, commerce; shopping, purchasing, buying, dealing, marketing; subscribing, subscription; attendance, attending, visits, visiting, participating, participation. 2. sponsorship, sponsoring, auspices, support, supporting; …
57gratify — grat•i•fy [[t]ˈgræt əˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing 1) to give pleasure to (a person) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise gratified us all[/ex] 2) to satisfy; indulge: to gratify one s appetites[/ex] 3) archaic to …
58indulgence — in•dul•gence [[t]ɪnˈdʌl dʒəns[/t]] n. v. genced, genc•ing 1) the act or practice of indulging; humoring 2) cvb the state of being indulgent 3) indulgent allowance or tolerance 4) something indulged in 5) rel (in Roman Catholicism) a partial… …
59easy — [adj1] not difficult accessible, apparent, basic, child’s play*, cinch, clear, easily done, effortless, elementary, evident, facile, inconsiderable, light, little, manageable, manifest, mere, no bother*, no problem*, no sweat*, not burdensome,… …
60lenient — [adj] permissive allowing, amiable, assuaging, assuasive, being big*, benign, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, condoning, easy, easygoing, emollient, excusing, favoring, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, going… …
