Indulgence Meaning
/ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of indulging.
nounTolerance.
Sentence Examples
Excessive indulgence spoiled the child.
Find a mean between harshness and indulgence.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His ____ in rich desserts led to a significant weight gain over the winter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The king granted his subjects a special ____, allow them to celebrate for three full days.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English indulgence, indulgens, from Middle French indulgence and its source, Latin indulgentia.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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"
— 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
"As indulgence in several wives depended mainly on the length of a man's purse, the poor naturally contented themselves with monogamy."
— 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 220:
""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.""
— 2013, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain, volume 1, →ISBN, page 199:
"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."
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 5:
"If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly."
— a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His ____ in rich desserts led to a significant weight gain over the winter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The king granted his subjects a special ____, allow them to celebrate for three full days.