Allow
Allow verb - To give permission to.
Usage example: a boarding school that does not allow students to go on weekend trips without written permission
Indulge is a synonym for allow in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Indulge" instead a verb "Allow", when it comes to topics like tolerate, permit, permit an action.
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Both words in one sentence
- Cow Tipping: Certain games in the series allow the player to indulge in Brahmin-tipping (Brahmin being two-headed cows that were mutated by exposure to radiation following the nuclear war).
Source: Video Game / Fallout - Certain games in the Fallout series allow the player to indulge in Brahmin-tipping (Brahmin being two-headed cows that were mutated by exposure to radiation following the nuclear war).
Source: Cow Tipping - Harry throws away Morgan's oak-leaf pin, fearing Titania may indulge in this trope and allow Morgan's pursuers to track down the pin rather than him.
Source: Literature / Turn Coat
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