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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He’s just some mud-brown monstrosity roaming the Vale of Arryn and treating livestock like campfire marshmallows.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

Levy says GLP-1s, when prescribed correctly, are “fantastic” for treating obesity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

At that rate, the market is treating the company’s funding mechanism like risky junk debt.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

Sometimes we react to injustice or betrayal by treating any foray into gradations as if it’s an existential threat to progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

“Yep. Saw that mini show you put on, too. You know how to work a crowd. That viral life treating you well, huh?”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

treating

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