Synonyms for indulgence
ɪnˈdʌl dʒənsin·dul·gence

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1. indulgence, self-indulgencenoun

   an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

   Synonyms:
   leniency, self-indulgence, intemperance, foolery, pampering, lenience, tomfoolery, indulging, humoring, lunacy, folly, craziness, intemperateness

2. indulgence, lenience, leniencynoun

   a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

   "too much indulgence spoils a child"

   Synonyms:
   leniency, mildness, self-indulgence, foolery, pampering, lenience, tomfoolery, indulging, humoring, lunacy, folly, craziness, lenity

3. indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoringnoun

   the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

   Synonyms:
   leniency, self-indulgence, foolery, pampering, lenience, tomfoolery, indulging, humoring, lunacy, folly, craziness

4. folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgencenoun

   foolish or senseless behavior

   Synonyms:
   lunacy, foolishness, flakiness, indulging, daftness, madness, lenience, pampering, stupidity, humoring, leniency, foolery, tomfoolery, self-indulgence, folly, craziness, insaneness, imbecility, unwiseness, betise

5. indulgencenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   leniency, self-indulgence, foolery, pampering, lenience, tomfoolery, indulging, humoring, lunacy, folly, craziness

Matched Categories

1. • Roman Catholic
   • Absolution
   • Gratification
   • Indiscipline
   • Permissiveness
   • Play

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indulgencenoun

   Synonyms:
   gratification, humoring, pampering, cockering

2. indulgencenoun

   Synonyms:
   favor, liberality, lenity, lenience, kindness, tenderness

3. indulgencenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Theol.) remission, absolution, forgiveness, pardon

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1. indulgencenoun

   Synonyms:
   humoring, pampering, gratification, kindness, favor, lenity, forbearance, absolution

   Antonyms:
   mortification, denial, restraint, non-indulgence

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1. List of paraphrases for "indulgence":

   leniency, forbearance, patience, complacency, tolerance, benevolence

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How to use indulgence in a sentence?

1. Jeffrey Berk:

   The clientele for a Birkin or Kelly handbag suddenly wasn't traveling, buying a house or a Bentley, she had a lot of cash and needed to park it in an indulgence.

2. John Boswell:

   The New Testament takes no demonstrable position on homosexuality. To suggest that Paul's references to excesses of sexual indulgence involving homosexual behavior are indicative of a general position in opposition to same-sex eroticism is as unfounded as arguing that his condemnation of drunkenness implies opposition to the drinking of wine.

3. Ryo Okumura:

   If I get the virus, I get the virus, i can't just stop. It's an indulgence.

4. Benjamin Disraeli:

   Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

5. Marcus Aurelius:

   [Treat] unenlightened souls with sympathy and indulgence, remembering that they are ignorant or mistaken about what’s most important. Never be harsh, remember Plato’s dictum: ‘Every soul is deprived of the truth against its will.’