Indulge and Placate

Indulge

Indulge verb - To treat with great or excessive care.

Usage example: you indulge those grandkids in ways you never did with your own kids

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Placate and indulge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Placate" instead a verb "Indulge".

Nearby Words: indulgence, indulgent, indulging

Placate verb - To lessen the anger or agitation of.

Usage example: attempted to placate the screaming child by offering him a cookie

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Indulge and placate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indulge" instead a verb "Placate".

Nearby Words: placating, placatory, placable

Dark Eldar avoid this by offering the souls of others in place of their own to placate Slaanesh while they indulge themselves.

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