humouring BrE
humoring AmE

Let their recreations be such as tend more to the health of their bodies than the humouring of a corrupted fancy: keep them from gaming for money, from cards, dice and stage plays, play books and love books and foolish wanton tales and ballads.

Humoring Oliver turned out to be more enjoyable than she'd thought.

Well, I guess he deserves a little humoring.

Therefore, your humoring is chintzy; it cuts you down to a crappy size."

I have known six such stops and renewed stampedes to take place in one night, the cowboy staying with his ever-diminishing herd of steers until daybreak, when he managed to get them under control again, and, by careful humoring of his jaded, staggering horse, finally brought those that were left back to the camp, several miles distant.