Look up: indulgence

1. indulgence
   [n] - an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires 2. [n] - a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone 3. [n] - the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
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2. indulgence
   In the Roman Catholic Church, the total or partial remission of temporal punishment for sins for which amendment needs to be made after penitence and confession have secured exemption from eternal...
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3. Indulgence
   In·dul'gence noun [ Latin indulgentia : confer French indulgence .] 1. The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control. « If I were a judge, that word indulgence sh...
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4. Indulgence
   In·dul'gence transitive verb To grant an indulgence to.
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5. indulgence
   1. The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control. 'If I were a judge, that word indulgence should never issue from my lips.' (Tooke) 'They err, that through indulgence to others, or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance an...
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6. indulgence
   self-indulgence noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
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7. indulgence
   indulging noun the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
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8. Indulgence
   • (v. t.) To grant an indulgence to. • (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of ...
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9. indulgence
   a distinctive feature of the penitential system of both the Western medieval and the Roman Catholic church that granted full or partial remission of ... [17 related articles]
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10. indulgence
    indulgence, in the Roman Catholic Church, the pardon of temporal punishment due for sin. It is to be distinguished from absolution and the forgiveness of guilt. The church grants indulgences out of the Treasury of Merit won for the church by Christ and the saints. Indulgences may be plenary, i.e., a...
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11. Indulgence
    In the Roman Catholic system, indulgence is the remission granted by the church to a repentant sinner of the temporal punishment due to his sin, whether this punishment be the pains of purgatory, or penance which the church has the right to impose according to the gravity of the sin. It must be unde...
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12. indulgence
    In the Roman Catholic Church, the total or partial remission of temporal punishment for sins for which amendment needs to be made after penitence and confession have secured exemption from eternal punishment. The doctrine of indulgence began as the commutation of church penances in exchange for suita...
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13. Indulgence
    in Rome: Indulgentia plenaria perpetua quotidiana toties quoties pro vivis et defunctis (English trans: "Perpetual everyday plenary indulgence on every occasion for the living and the dead") In Catholic theology, an `indulgence` is the full or partial remission of temporal punishmen...
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