society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > indulge base feeling (3)
transitive. To excessively indulge (an emotion, quality, thought, etc.).
transitive. To act as a pander to; to minister to the gratification of (another's desire or lust). Also figurative. Obsolete.
transitive. To please by indulgence; to indulge. Obsolete. rare.