indulgence
Meaning of indulgence
- The act of indulging
- Tolerance
- Catering to someone's every desire
- Something in which someone indulges
- An indulgent act; favour granted; gratification.
- A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
verb
(Roman Catholic Church) to provide with an indulgence
Information about indulgence
- The plural form of indulgence is: indulgences.
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Hyphenation of indulgence
in-dul-gence
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- indulgence is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
indulgence synonyms
Meaning lenience:
Meaning indulging:
indulging, pampering, humoring
Meaning folly:
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy
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