Given the question: Here's a question: How bad is the punishment for someone who is over indulgent?  Here are possible answers to this question: - severe - harsh - hard - strict - self denying  I believe the correct choice is "severe", here's why:
The answer is:
to indulge (a desire, craving, or habit) to excess: overindulging a fondness for cake. 2. to indulge (a person) excessively: overindulges his children