indulgence 音标拼音: [ɪnd'ʌldʒəns]
n . 沉溺,放纵,嗜好
沈溺,放纵,嗜好
indulgence n 1 :
an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires [
synonym : {
indulgence }, {
self -
indulgence }]
2 :
a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone ; "
too much indulgence spoils a child " [
synonym : {
indulgence }, {
lenience },
{
leniency }]
3 :
the act of indulging or gratifying a desire [
synonym :
{
indulgence }, {
indulging }, {
pampering }, {
humoring }]
4 :
foolish or senseless behavior [
synonym : {
folly }, {
foolery },
{
tomfoolery }, {
craziness }, {
lunacy }, {
indulgence }]
5 :
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 "
Indulgence \
In *
dul "
gence \,
n . [
L .
indulgentia :
cf .
F .
indulgence .]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
The act of indulging or humoring ;
the quality of being indulgent ;
forbearance of restrain or control .
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If I were a judge ,
that word indulgence should never issue from my lips . --
Tooke .
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They err ,
that through indulgence to others ,
or fondness to any sin in themselves ,
substitute for repentance anything less . --
Hammond .
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2 .
An indulgent act ;
favor granted ;
gratification .
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If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us ,
we must perish in our own folly .
--
Rogers .
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3 . (
R .
C .
Ch .)
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 .
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Indulgence \
In *
dul "
gence \,
v .
t .
To grant an indulgence to .
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1913 Webster ]
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "
indulgence ":
acceptance ,
accommodatingness ,
agreeableness ,
allowance ,
attentiveness ,
benevolence ,
blank check ,
carte blanche ,
charitableness ,
charity ,
coddling ,
complaisance ,
concern ,
condonation ,
connivance ,
considerateness ,
consideration ,
copyright ,
cosseting ,
crapulence ,
crapulency ,
crapulousness ,
delicacy ,
dispensation ,
disregard ,
drunkenness ,
easiness ,
endurance ,
excess ,
excessiveness ,
extravagance ,
favor ,
favoring ,
forbearance ,
forbearing ,
forbearingness ,
forgiveness ,
forgivingness ,
fortitude ,
franchise ,
freedom ,
generousness ,
gluttony ,
grant ,
gratification ,
heedfulness ,
helpfulness ,
humoring ,
immoderacy ,
immoderateness ,
immoderation ,
immunity ,
incontinence ,
indiscipline ,
inordinacy ,
inordinateness ,
intemperance ,
intemperateness ,
kindness ,
lenience ,
leniency ,
lenity ,
liberty ,
license ,
long -
sufferance ,
long -
suffering ,
longanimity ,
luxury ,
magnanimity ,
mindfulness ,
mollycoddling ,
obliging ,
obligingness ,
overdoing ,
overindulgence ,
overlooking ,
overpermissiveness ,
pampering ,
patent ,
patience ,
patience of Job ,
patientness ,
permissiveness ,
perseverance ,
pleasing ,
privilege ,
prodigality ,
profligacy ,
regard ,
regardfulness ,
self -
control ,
self -
gratification ,
self -
indulgence ,
self -
satisfaction ,
solicitousness ,
solicitude ,
special favor ,
spoiling ,
stoicism ,
sufferance ,
sweet reasonableness ,
swinishness ,
tact ,
tactfulness ,
thought ,
thoughtfulness ,
tolerance ,
toleration ,
too much ,
too -
muchness ,
treat ,
unconstraint ,
uncontrol ,
understanding ,
unrestraint ,
unrevengefulness ,
waiting game ,
waiting it out ,
warrant ,
winking
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