indulgence

indulgence /in'dʌldʤəns/
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    • sự ham mê, sự miệt mài, sự thích thú; cái thú (ham mê)
    • đặc ân
    • sự gia hạn (coi như một đặc ân)
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Xem thêm: self-indulgence, lenience, leniency, indulging, pampering, humoring, folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy



indulgence

Từ điển Collocation

indulgence noun

1 having whatever you want

ADJ. excessive | personal, self- guilty of self-indulgence | sexual

PREP. ~ in She allowed herself only a few moments' indulgence in self-pity.

PHRASES a life of indulgence

2 sth you allow yourself

ADJ. expensive, private, small

VERB + INDULGENCE allow yourself As a relief from work she allowed herself a few small indulgences.

3 acceptance of change to the normal way of doing sth

VERB + INDULGENCE ask, beg, request He begged the audience's indulgence to read some passages from his latest book. | grant (law), show (sb) He attacked the indulgence shown to religious dissenters.


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires; self-indulgence
  • a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; lenience, leniency

    too much indulgence spoils a child

  • the act of indulging or gratifying a desire; indulging, pampering, humoring
  • foolish or senseless behavior; folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy
  • the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution

    in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

indulgences
syn.: craziness folly foolery humoring indulging lenience leniency lunacy pampering self-indulgence tomfoolery