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Synonyms for indulgence
ɪnˈdʌl dʒənsin·dul·gence
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Princeton's WordNet
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, intemperatenessindulgence, 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, lenityindulgence, indulging, pampering, humoringnoun
the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Synonyms:
leniency, self-indulgence, foolery, pampering, lenience, tomfoolery, indulging, humoring, lunacy, folly, crazinessfolly, 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, betiseindulgencenoun
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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
indulgencenoun
Synonyms:
gratification, humoring, pampering, cockeringindulgencenoun
Synonyms:
favor, liberality, lenity, lenience, kindness, tendernessindulgencenoun
Synonyms:
(Theol.) remission, absolution, forgiveness, pardon
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
indulgencenoun
Synonyms:
humoring, pampering, gratification, kindness, favor, lenity, forbearance, absolutionAntonyms:
mortification, denial, restraint, non-indulgence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "indulgence":
leniency, forbearance, patience, complacency, tolerance, benevolence
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#7540 | tolerance | |
#9249 | madness | |
#10278 | patience | |
#18098 | indulgence | |
#20444 | stupidity | |
#21891 | folly | |
#41023 | pampering | |
#42263 | complacency | |
#44359 | benevolence | |
#47276 | foolishness | |
#49375 | lunacy | |
#49727 | indulging | |
#50293 | forbearance | |
#57260 | craziness | |
#74912 | leniency | |
#112127 | intemperance | |
#114781 | tomfoolery | |
#155933 | mildness | |
#173706 | imbecility | |
#180107 | foolery | |
#243923 | lenity | |
#263154 | flakiness | |
#286923 | humoring |
How to use indulgence in a sentence?
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.
Of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country, the candid and the just will now admit that both have contributed splendid talents, spotless integrity, ardent patriotism, and disinterested sacrifices to the formation and administration of this Government, and that both have required a liberal indulgence for a portion of human infirmity and error.
No indulgence for Russian aggression against Ukraine.
So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many things belonging to the master -- so long as the failure, or misfortune, or imprudence, or death of the kindest owner, may cause them any day to exchange a life of kind protection and indulgence for one of hopeless misery and toil -- so long it is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best-regulated administration of slavery.
Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Translations for indulgence
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- تساهلArabic
- odpustekCzech
- afladDanish
- Gefälligkeit, Nachgiebigkeit, Milde, Gnade, Duldung, Gnadenbezeigung, Nachsicht, Ablass, DuldsamkeitGerman
- απόλαυση, κανάκεμα, συγχωροχάρτι, παραχάιδεμα, πολυτέλεια, επιείκεια, συχωροχάρτι, ανοχήGreek
- indulgoEsperanto
- indulgenciaSpanish
- زیاده رویPersian
- lievitys, suopeus, lempeys, ane, viettelys, hemmotteluFinnish
- indulgenceFrench
- indulgenceIrish
- elnézésHungarian
- kesenanganIndonesian
- indulgo, induljencoIdo
- vizio, indulgenzaItalian
- 면벌Korean
- indulgentiaLatin
- aflaatDutch
- overbærenhetNorwegian
- wyrozumiałośćPolish
- indulgênciaPortuguese
- tolerare, îngăduire, indulgențăRomanian
- терпимость, индульгенция, снисходительность, потакание, [[отпущение]] [[грех, снисхождение, потворствоRussian
- flathetSwedish
- நுகர்வுTamil
- hoşgorüTurkish
- غفلتUrdu
- khoan hồngVietnamese
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