humouring in English

verb
1
comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be.
she was always humoring him to prevent trouble
synonyms:indulgeaccommodatepander tocater toyield togive way togive in togo along withpamperspoilbabyoverindulgemollifyplacategratifysatisfy
verb

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1. He was rather too indulgent in humouring her caprices.

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