An indult in Catholic canon law is a permission, or privilege, granted by the competent church authority – the Holy See or the diocesan bishop, as the case may be – for an exception from a particular norm of church law in an individual case, for example, members of the consecrated life seeking to be dispensed from their religious vows, or of p...
special temporary dispensation granted by the Catholic church
• (n.) Alt. of Indulto
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.