indulgence   (Sound)

The noun indulgence has 5 senses

• indulgence, self-indulgence -- (an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires)


• indulgence, lenience, leniency -- (a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child")


• indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring -- (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)


• folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence -- (foolish or senseless behavior)


• indulgence -- (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")