indulgence

UK /ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/ US /ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/
noun 5verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

The act of indulging.

will all they that either through indulgence to others or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance any thing that is less than a sincere, uniform resolution of new obedience

As indulgence in several wives depended mainly on the length of a man's purse, the poor naturally contented themselves with monogamy.

2

Tolerance.

3

The act of catering to someone's every desire.

4

A wish or whim satisfied.

"In other words, the ONLY indulgences we'll be getting for a while is fixing your wardrobe. This means no new manga. No new games. Nothing. Get used to it."

5

Something in which someone indulges.

I made but one error—giving way to petulance in the earlier instance; that lost me the Prince of Conti. Temper is bourgeois indulgence, though I own to a predilection for it.

verb

1

To provide with an indulgence.

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