society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit as an indulgence > indulge with permission (3)
transitive. To favour (a person) with permission to do something; to permit, allow.
To show favour to; to treat kindly; to countenance, encourage, patronize; †to indulge (oneself, a feeling).
To grant an indulgence, privilege, or dispensation to: see indulgence, n. II.