babying

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

WEAK

coddling favoring gratifying kowtowing placating profligateness toadying treating

Antonyms

STRONG

disapproval disfavor disregard dissatisfaction frustration intolerance need want

WEAK

abstention care moderation temperance

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But as for the Mariners babying him and not letting him come back, you’d be 100 percent incorrect on this situation.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2022

But breaking the habit of babying your puppy will prep it for being touched by other people in different situations.

From Fox News ● Mar. 23, 2022

We don’t need a lot of hand-holding and babying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

“To me, the baseball players, if they stop babying the pitchers — a lot of those guys they’ve come up hitting all their life and they’re really good players,” Del Rio said with a smile.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2021

Mama held Akira as if he were an infant, his hands around her neck the way he liked to do when Mama felt like babying him.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

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