Definition of indulgence

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Indulgence (n.) An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.

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Free-living :: Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
Woolgathering :: Woolgathering (n.) Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
Lecher :: Lecher (n.) A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women..
Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Inabstinence :: Inabstinence (n.) Want of abstinence; indulgence.
Pleasure :: Pleasure (n.) Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc..
Luxury :: Luxury (n.) A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes..
Virgin :: Virgin (n.) A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.
Cynical :: Cynical (a.) Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature..
Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness..
Lechery :: Lechery (n.) Free indulgence of lust; lewdness.
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) 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..
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
Debauchery :: Debauchery (n.) Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness..
Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.
Jester :: "Jester (n.) A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk..
Cup :: Cup (n.) Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) License; indulgence.
Epicurean :: Epicurean (n.) One given to epicurean indulgence.
Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
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