A way to hold it: the hand that would normally hold something back lets go. There is a want — for cake, for a child's demand, for something you are not supposed to do — and instead of saying no, someone allows it. The person letting go can be you (letting yourself have it) or someone else (letting another person have it), but the movement is always the same: a restraint that could have been applied, and wasn't.
From the word’s history
From Latin 'indulgere' = to be kind or lenient to, to concede, to give free rein to. The Latin sense is already 'granting rather than restraining', which is exactly the modern picture of a check that is not applied.
來自拉丁文 indulgere，本義是「對人寬待、讓步、放任」。也就是說，這個字從一開始講的就不是「享受」，而是「不去攔」——把該有的約束鬆開。理解這一點，現代三個用法就串起來了：對自己鬆手、對別人鬆手、以及在沒人攔著的狀態下去做那件事。
Oxford English Dictionary / Etymonline entry for 'indulge' (< Latin indulgere 'to be complaisant, yield, concede')
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indulgeverb/ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒ/
- 1
To yield to a temptation or desire.
- He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge.
- I indulged in drinking on the weekend.
- 2
To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
- Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.
- I love to indulge myself with beautiful clothes.
- 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 manners
- Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light / Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!
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