coddling

Instances of conservative speakers being shouted down by students during events were grist for the idea that university administrators were intolerant of dissenting views, while coddling students.

The notion of creating a safe space for an audience to experience a work of theater tends to provoke the tough-guy purists, because it sounds like coddling.

These attempts to scourge antisemitism, ironically enough, amount to a new “coddling of the American mind.”

From coddling mediocrity to solving marital issues, all of their efforts aim to prevent impending violence.

“One is sympathetic, coddling, and making excuses. And one wants to put a stop, put an end to it.”