indulgence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/
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Etymology
From Middle English indulgence, indulgens, from Middle French indulgence and its source, Latin indulgentia.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of indulging.
As indulgence in several wives depended mainly on the length of a man's purse, the poor naturally contented themselves with monogamy.
1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 220: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
1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) Tolerance.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of catering to someone's every desire.
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(countable, uncountable) 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."
2013, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain, volume 1, →ISBN, page 199:
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 5:
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(countable, uncountable) 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. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance:
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 555:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| indulgency | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| indulgement | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| indulgences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
partial indulgence · nonindulgence · indulgencer · plenary indulgence · underindulgence · overindulgence · self-indulgence · homedulgence
Hyponyms
plenary indulgence (pardon from purgatory) · partial indulgence (pardon from purgatory)
Relateds
Translations (106)
pt indulgência (indulgent act; favour granted; gratification) · hu búcsú (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · hu kedvében járás (catering to someone's every desire) · hu szenvedély (something in which someone indulges) · fr indulgence (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · uk ві́дпуст (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · it indulgenza (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · fi hemmottelu (catering to someone's every desire) · ro indulgență (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · hu élvezet (act of indulging) · tr hoşgörü (tolerance) · tr hoşgörü (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · it vizio (something in which someone indulges) · fi ane (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · la indulgentia (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · pt indulgência (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · da aflad (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · sv avlat (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · he הִתְפַּנְּקוּת (something in which someone indulges) · th ใบบุญ (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · fi lievitys (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · nn avlat (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · uk індульге́нція (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · ru терпи́мость (tolerance) · de Nachsichtigkeit (act of indulging) · is aflát (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · de Gefälligkeit (indulgent act; favour granted; gratification) · pt indulgência (act of indulging) · hu lágyszívűség (tolerance) · hu kényeztetés (catering to someone's every desire) · fo avlát (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · de Verwöhnung (catering to someone's every desire) · de Gnade (indulgent act; favour granted; gratification) · ro tolerare (act of indulging) · ru потака́ние (catering to someone's every desire) · hu kiélvezés (act of indulging) · fa افراط (act of indulging) · nl aflaat (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · hu elnézés (tolerance) · pt indulto (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · vi ơn xá (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · de Hobby (something in which someone indulges) · pt indulgência (tolerance) · mk индулгенција (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · ar صَكّ غُفْرَان (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · de Ablass (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · fi hemmottelu (indulgent act; favour granted; gratification) · el απόλαυση (something in which someone indulges) · el επιείκεια (tolerance) · vi ân xá (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · el συγχωροχάρτι (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · tl indulhensiya (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · de Schwäche (something in which someone indulges) · hu örömforrás (something in which someone indulges) · ru индульге́нция (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · es indulgencia (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · pl odpust (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · el ανοχή (tolerance) · io induljenco (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · gl indulxencia (act of indulging) · hu szórakozás (something in which someone indulges) · tr yarlıgama (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · de Duldung (tolerance) · cs odpustek (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · el πολυτέλεια (something in which someone indulges) · he הִתְפַּנְּקוּת (act of indulging) · uk відпу́щення гріхі́в (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · el παραχάιδεμα (catering to someone's every desire) · de Duldsamkeit (tolerance) · fr indulgence (act of indulging) · gl indulxencia (tolerance) · fi viettelys (something in which someone indulges) · bg търпимост (tolerance) · ru снисхожде́ние (tolerance) · de Gnadenbezeigung (indulgent act; favour granted; gratification) · ro indulgență (tolerance) · nb avlat (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · hu engedékenység (tolerance) · el κανάκεμα (catering to someone's every desire) · de Milde (act of indulging) · la venia (indulgent act; favour granted; gratification) · de Nachgiebigkeit (act of indulging) · grc πλησμονή (act of indulging) · io indulgo (act of indulging) · it vizio (act of indulging) · hu élvezet (something in which someone indulges) · fi hemmottelu (act of indulging) · ru снисходи́тельность (tolerance) · de Verwöhnen (catering to someone's every desire) · el συχωροχάρτι (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · ru потво́рство (catering to someone's every desire) · bg индулгенция (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · bg привилегия (something in which someone indulges) · bg задоволяване (act of indulging) · tr müsamaha (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · mi whakawairekatanga (act of indulging) · fi suvaitsevaisuus (tolerance) · ro îngăduire (act of indulging) · tr müsamaha (tolerance) · fi hemmottelu (something in which someone indulges) · hu hódolat (act of indulging) · de Nachsicht (act of indulging) · ko 면벌 (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · cu длъготръпѣниѥ (tolerance) · ru отпуще́ние грехо́в (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory) · ca indulgència (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory)