indulgence | | |
n. (attribute) | 1. indulgence, self-indulgence | an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires. |
| ~ indiscipline, undiscipline | the trait of lacking discipline. |
| ~ luxury | something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity. |
n. (attribute) | 2. indulgence, lenience, leniency | a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone.; "too much indulgence spoils a child" |
| ~ permissiveness, tolerance | a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior. |
| ~ softness | a disposition to be lenient in judging others.; "softness is not something permitted of good leaders" |
n. (act) | 3. humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering | the act of indulging or gratifying a desire. |
| ~ intemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance | excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence.; "the intemperance of their language" |
| ~ gratification | the act or an instance of satisfying. |
| ~ overindulgence, excess | excessive indulgence.; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" |
| ~ binge, orgy, splurge | any act of immoderate indulgence.; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" |
n. (act) | 4. craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery | foolish or senseless behavior. |
| ~ frolic, gambol, romp, caper, play | gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" |
| ~ meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss | (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity. |
| ~ buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank, frivolity | acting like a clown or buffoon. |
n. (act) | 5. indulgence | the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution.; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse" |
| ~ remission of sin, absolution, remittal, remission | the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance. |
| ~ church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. |
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