indulgence

== English == === Alternative forms === indulgency (dated) indulgement (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English indulgence, indulgens, from Middle French indulgence and its source, Latin indulgentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/ Hyphenation: in‧dul‧gence === Noun === indulgence (countable and uncountable, plural indulgences) The act of indulging. Tolerance. The act of catering to someone's every desire. A wish or whim satisfied. Something in which someone indulges. An indulgent act; a favour granted; gratification. (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution. ==== Hyponyms ==== (pardon from purgatory): plenary indulgence, partial indulgence ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== indulge indulgent ==== Translations ==== === Verb === indulgence (third-person singular simple present indulgences, present participle indulgencing, simple past and past participle indulgenced) (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To provide with an indulgence. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin indulgentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃s/ === Noun === indulgence f (countable and uncountable, plural indulgences) (uncountable) leniency, clemency Antonyms: sévérité, intransigeance (countable, Roman Catholicism) indulgence ==== Related terms ==== indulgent === Further reading === “indulgence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012