- the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
- the state of being indulgent.
- indulgent allowance or tolerance.
- a catering to someone's mood or whim; humoring: The sick man demanded indulgence as his due.
- something indulged in: Her favorite indulgence was candy.
- a partial remission of the temporal punishment, especially purgatorial atonement, that is still due for a sin or sins after absolution.
- (in the reigns of Charles II and James II) a grant by the king to Protestant dissenters and Roman Catholics freeing them from certain penalties imposed, by legislation, because of their religion.
- an extension, through favor, of time for payment or performance.
- to provide with an indulgence: an indulgenced pilgrimage to Rome.
- the act of indulging or state of being indulgent
- a pleasure, habit, etc, indulged in; extravagance
- liberal or tolerant treatment
- something granted as a favour or privilege
- a remission of the temporal punishment for sin after its guilt has been forgiven
- an extension of time granted as a favour for payment of a debt or as fulfilment of some other obligation
- a royal grant during the reigns of Charles II and James II of England giving Nonconformists and Roman Catholics a measure of religious freedom
- to designate as providing indulgence
