pampering

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pampering
    adj 1: gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires; "pampering
           parents often have spoilt children"; "a very pampering
           cruise experience"
    n 1: the act of indulging or gratifying a desire [syn:
         {indulgence}, {indulging}, {pampering}, {humoring}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pamper \Pam"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pampered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Pampering}.] [Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live
   luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to
      pamper the body or the appetite. "A body . . . pampered
      for corruption." --Dr. T. Dwight.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to
      pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. --South.
      [1913 Webster]