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Defenition of the word indulgence

    • Defenition of the word indulgence

      • foolish or senseless behavior
      • the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
      • a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"
      • an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
      • 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"
      • the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
      • a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

    Synonyms for the word indulgence

      • absolution
      • excess
      • extravagance
      • folly
      • foolery
      • humoring
      • immoderation
      • indulging
      • lenience
      • leniency
      • luxury
      • pampering
      • pardon
      • permission
      • pleasing
      • pleasure
      • self-indulgence
      • tolerance
      • tomfoolery
      • treat
      • understanding

    Similar words in the indulgence

      • indulgence
      • indulgence's
      • indulgences

    Hyponyms for the word indulgence

      • binge
      • buffoonery
      • clowning
      • excess
      • frivolity
      • harlequinade
      • intemperance
      • intemperateness
      • japery
      • luxury
      • meshugaas
      • mishegaas
      • mishegoss
      • orgy
      • overindulgence
      • prank
      • self-indulgence
      • softness
      • splurge

    Hypernyms for the word indulgence

      • absolution
      • caper
      • frolic
      • gambol
      • gratification
      • indiscipline
      • permissiveness
      • play
      • remission
      • remission of sin
      • remittal
      • romp
      • tolerance
      • undiscipline

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