Noun
One who or that which helps something to happen.
One who encourages a bad habit in another (typically drug addiction) by their behaviour.
One who gives someone else the power to behave in a certain way. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Source: en.wiktionary.orgLittle wonder that the dumbing down of the political discourse, the attack ads and war rooms reign triumphant. The fifth estate is an enabler in this addiction to political trivia in place of reasoned debate. Elizabeth May
Mr. Rogers gave aid and comfort to homosexuals. He was a man who preached tolerance of all sorts of people in ways that directly contradicted the Bible. His syrupy teachings led millions astray. He was a wuss and he was an enabler of wusses. Fred Phelps
Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good. Clement Mok
I'd like to be a giant enabler. Daryl Hannah
The office is a romantic enabler because you're always around the person you have a crush on. There's no escape from, and maybe no desire to escape from, those pressure-cooker conditions. And there's an automatic series of things you have to talk about all the time. Joshua Ferris
My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams. Diane Keaton