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noun
1.
the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
2.
the state of being indulgent.
3.
indulgent allowance or tolerance.
4.
a catering to someone's mood or whim; humoring: The sick man demanded indulgence as his due.
5.
EXPANDsomething indulged in: Her favorite indulgence was candy.
6.
Roman Catholic Church. a partial remission of the temporal punishment, especially purgatorial atonement, that is still due for a sin or sins after absolution. Compare plenary indulgence.
7.
English and Scottish History. (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.
8.
COLLAPSECommerce. an extension, through favor, of time for payment or performance.
verb (used with object)
9.
Roman Catholic Church. to provide with an indulgence: an indulgenced pilgrimage to Rome.
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Indulgences
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Example Sentences
- Indulgences include a rain shower in the guest bathroom and a walk-in closet.
- Most expenditures, however, are for more mainstream indulgences.
- Think of it as a prototype for indulgences of the future, carefully engineered to be cholesterol-neutral.
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