indulgence
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indulgence
- /ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/
Where it comes from
From Middle English indulgence, indulgens, from Middle French indulgence and its source, Latin indulgentia.
noun indulgences · indulgency · indulgement
- The act of indulging. will all they that either through indulgence to others or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance any thing that is less than a sincere, uniform resolution of new obedience
- Tolerance.
- The act of catering to someone's every desire.
- A wish or whim satisfied. "In other words, the ONLY indulgences we'll be getting for a while is fixing your wardrobe. This means no new manga. No new games. Nothing. Get used to it."
- Something in which someone indulges. I made but one error—giving way to petulance in the earlier instance; that lost me the Prince of Conti. Temper is bourgeois indulgence, though I own to a predilection for it.
- An indulgent act; a favour granted; gratification. If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.
- A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution. To understand how indulgences were intended to work depends on linking together a number of assumptions about sin and the afterlife, each of which individually makes considerable sense.
verb indulgences · indulgencing · indulgenced · indulgency · indulgement
- To provide with an indulgence.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: self-indulgence, pleasing, pampering, lenience, leniency, tomfoolery, foolery, folly, humoring, indulging, fondness, complacency, kindness, sympathy, goodwill, friendliness
Translations
Every language
noun act of indulging
| Português | indulgência |
|---|---|
| Français | indulgence |
| Deutsch | Nachgiebigkeit, Nachsicht, Milde, Nachsichtigkeit |
| Italiano | vizio |
| Română | îngăduire, tolerare |
| עברית | הִתְפַּנְּקוּת hitpanqút |
noun tolerance
| Português | indulgência |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Duldsamkeit, Duldung |
| Ελληνικά | ανοχή anochí, επιείκεια epieíkeia |
| Română | indulgență |
| Русский | снисхожде́ние snisxoždénije, снисходи́тельность snisxodítelʹnostʹ, терпи́мость terpímostʹ |
noun catering to someone's every desire
| Deutsch | Verwöhnen, Verwöhnung |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | κανάκεμα kanákema, παραχάιδεμα paracháidema |
| Русский | потака́ние potakánije, потво́рство potvórstvo |
noun something in which someone indulges
| Deutsch | Schwäche, Hobby |
|---|---|
| Italiano | vizio |
| Ελληνικά | απόλαυση apólafsi, πολυτέλεια polytéleia |
| עברית | הִתְפַּנְּקוּת hitpanqút |
noun indulgent act; favour granted; gratification
| Português | indulgência |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gnade, Gnadenbezeigung, Gefälligkeit |
noun pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
| Español | indulgencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 면벌 myeonbeol |
| Português | indulgência, indulto |
| Français | indulgence |
| Deutsch | Ablass |
| Italiano | indulgenza |
| Ελληνικά | συγχωροχάρτι synchorochárti, συχωροχάρτι sychorochárti |
| Română | indulgență |
| Русский | индульге́нция indulʹgéncija, отпуще́ние грехо́в otpuščénije grexóv |
| Tiếng Việt | ơn xá, ân xá |
| العربية | صَكّ غُفْرَان ṣakk ḡufrān |
Talk about this word "indulgence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/indulgence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. indulgence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/indulgence "indulgence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/indulgence.Cite this
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title = {indulgence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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