An indulgence is doing something that you enjoy even if it has negative consequences. Buying yourself something that you don't need, be it a cookie, video game, or diamond necklace, is an indulgence.
The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
Noun
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"
Noun
foolish or senseless behavior
Noun
the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Noun
a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"
Noun
an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
n.
The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being
indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
n.
An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
n.
Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after
the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution
from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of
the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ
and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore
believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
v. t.
To grant an indulgence to.
Indulgence
If I were a judge, that word indulgence should never issue from my lips.
They err, that through indulgence to others, or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything less.2.
If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.3.
Indulgence
The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
To grant an indulgence to.
Usage Examples
Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.
I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.
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