Dictionary Entry
indulgence
indulgence is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 20 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
- 2noun
An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
- 3noun
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.
- 4transitive verb
To grant an indulgence to.
- 5noun
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"
- 6noun
foolish or senseless behavior
- 7noun
the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- 8noun
a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
"too much indulgence spoils a child"
- 9noun
an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
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