Dictionary - Definition of INDULGENCY


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Indulgence.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Indulgency" is a common misspelling or typo for: indulgencey.

Date "Indulgency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: INDULGENCY

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	1: [Noun] Free permission to the appetites,humor, desires, passions or will to act or operate; forbearance of restraint or control. How many children are ruined by indulgence! Indulgence is not kindness or tenderness, but it may be the effect of one or the other, or of negligence.
	2: [Noun] Gratification; as the indulgence of lust or of appetite.
	3: [Noun] Favor granted; liberality; gratification. If all these gracious indulgencies are without effect on us, we must perish in our folly. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Indulgence.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "INDULGENCY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	1: [Noun] Free permission to the appetites,humor, desires, passions or will to act or operate; forbearance of restraint or control. How many children are ruined by indulgence! Indulgence is not kindness or tenderness, but it may be the effect of one or the other, or of negligence.
	2: [Noun] Gratification; as the indulgence of lust or of appetite.
	3: [Noun] Favor granted; liberality; gratification. If all these gracious indulgencies are without effect on us, we must perish in our folly. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top