INDULGENCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does indulgence mean?
• INDULGENCE (noun)
The noun INDULGENCE has 5 senses:
1. an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
2. a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
3. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
4. foolish or senseless behavior
5. the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
Familiarity information: INDULGENCE used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• INDULGENCE (noun)
Meaning:
An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
indulgence; self-indulgence
Hypernyms ("indulgence" is a kind of...):
indiscipline; undiscipline (the trait of lacking discipline)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indulgence"):
luxury (something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity)
Meaning:
A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
indulgence; lenience; leniency
Context example:
too much indulgence spoils a child
Hypernyms ("indulgence" is a kind of...):
permissiveness; tolerance (a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indulgence"):
softness (a disposition to be lenient in judging others)
Meaning:
The act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
humoring; pampering; indulging; indulgence
Hypernyms ("indulgence" is a kind of...):
gratification (the act or an instance of satisfying)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indulgence"):
intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence)
excess; overindulgence (excessive indulgence)
binge; orgy; splurge (any act of immoderate indulgence)
Meaning:
Foolish or senseless behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
tomfoolery; foolery; lunacy; craziness; indulgence; folly
Hypernyms ("indulgence" is a kind of...):
caper; frolic; gambol; play; romp (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indulgence"):
meshugaas; mishegaas; mishegoss ((Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity)
buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank (acting like a clown or buffoon)
Meaning:
The remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse
Hypernyms ("indulgence" is a kind of...):
absolution; remission; remission of sin; remittal (the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
