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Indulgement
Indulgement In*dulge"ment, n. Indulgence. [R.] --Wood.
Indulgence
Indulgence In*dul"gence, v. t. To grant an indulgence to.
Indulgence
Indulgence In*dul"gence, n. [L. indulgentia: cf. F. 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 anything less. --Hammond. 2. An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification. If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly. --Rogers. 3. (R. C. Ch.) 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 the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
Indulgency
Indulgency In*dul"gen*cy, n. Indulgence. --Dryden.
Indulgential
Indulgential In`dul*gen"tial, a. Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church. --Brevint.
Indulgently
Indulgently In*dul"gent*ly, adv. In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. --Dryden.
Indulger
Indulger In*dul"ger, n. One who indulges. --W. Montagu.
Plenary indulgence
Plenary Ple"na*ry, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See Plenty.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.

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- rejected entirely the physical speculations in which his predecessors had indulged, and made the thoughts and opinions of people his starting-point. Aspects...
- travelled throughout the subcontinent, George took the opportunity to indulge in big game hunting in Nepal, shooting 21 tigers, 8 rhinoceroses and a...