treating

ADJECTIVE

remedial

Synonyms

STRONGEST

corrective therapeutic

WEAK

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

STRONGEST

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

WEAK

babying coddling favoring gratifying kowtowing placating profligateness toadying

Antonyms

STRONG

disapproval disfavor disregard dissatisfaction frustration intolerance need want

WEAK

abstention care moderation temperance

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The 40-year-old’s threating movements help create space for teammate Sophia Smith to finish.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Saint-Maximin, while threating as usual, came wide to get more of the ball, and it only became easier for Cambridge after they went a goal up.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2022

CBT helps patients learn to look at anxiety-provoking situations in a new, less threating way.

From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2018

According to spokesman Capt. Timothy R. Fox, the troopers protecting Brown believe the rise of social media has fueled an increase in threating speech toward her.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2018

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