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treating

ADJECTIVE

remedial

Synonyms

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corrective therapeutic

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alleviative antidotal antiseptic curative curing health-giving healthful invigorating medicating medicinal purifying recuperative reformative remedying repairing restitutive sanative sanatory solving soothing tonic vulnerary wholesome

Antonyms

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harmful hurtful injurious

WEAK

damaging

NOUN

indulgence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extravagance kindness leniency permissiveness privilege

STRONG

allowance appeasement attention courtesy endurance excess favor fondling fondness forbearance fulfillment goodwill hedonism immoderation intemperance intemperateness lenience pampering partiality patience petting pleasing profligacy satiation satisfaction service spoiling tolerance toleration understanding

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babying coddling favoring gratifying kowtowing placating profligateness toadying

Antonyms

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disapproval disfavor disregard dissatisfaction frustration intolerance need want

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abstention care moderation temperance

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"Treating 'Hormuz security' as a chokepoint-only problem is analytically incomplete," naval analyst Tayfun Ozberk, a former Turkish navy officer, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

"Treating one while ignoring the other is a bit like bailing water out of a boat without fixing the leak."

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

"Treating her as cheating girlfriend is working," Stern seems to reply shortly afterwards.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Treating a patient requires understanding them as a whole person, their culture, life experiences, prior trauma.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Treating differences as a threat enables one society to dehumanize the other.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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