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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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And I feel so grateful that you’re treating me so nicely and gently.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Maddock has spent decades treating people with anxiety disorders and studying how these conditions affect the brain.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Gustavo Palacios, a professor of microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai in New York City, says most human-to-human transmission involves close contact among family members or healthcare providers treating infected patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

One of the biggest mistakes people make is treating retirement as a straight-line plan.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

She might be treating them like allies rather than enemies, but Percy could tell Reyna still had a not-so-soft spot for Leo, probably because he’d blown up half the Forum in New Rome.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

treating

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