indulgence
pronunciation
How to pronounce indulgence in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdʌldʒəns]
How to pronounce indulgence in American English:
US [ɪnˈdʌldʒəns]
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- Noun:
- an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
- the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- foolish or senseless behavior
- the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
Word Origin
- indulgence (n.)
- mid-14c., "freeing from temporal punishment for sin," from Old French indulgence or directly from Latin indulgentia "complaisance, fondness, remission," from indulgentem (nominative indulgens) "indulgent, kind, tender, fond," present participle of indulgere "be kind, yield," of unknown origin; perhaps from in- "in" + derivative of PIE root *dlegh- "to engage oneself." Sense of "gratification of another's desire or humor" is attested from late 14c. That of "yielding to one's inclinations" (technically self-indulgence) is from 1640s. In British history, Indulgence also refers to grants of certain liberties to Nonconformists under Charles II and James II, as special favors rather than legal rights; specifically the Declarations of Indulgence of 1672, 1687, and 1688 in England and 1669, 1672, and 1687 in Scotland.
Example
- 1. Is self forgiveness just another form of self indulgence ?
- 2. Yet the indulgence must have a limit .
- 3. It has led the latin american and european left to treat the cuban dictatorship with indulgence .
- 4. Or is it a filthy indulgence , a manufactured monstrosity for which we should justifiably be taxed ?
- 5. So he remembered the soviet union , horrors and all , with an indulgence he could not feel for china .