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Definitions of indulgence in various dictionaries:
noun - an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
noun - a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
noun - the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
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| the action or fact of indulging. |
| an extension of the time in which a bill or debt has to be paid. |
| an occasion when you allow or do not mind someone's failure or bad behaviour: |
| an occasion when you allow someone or yourself to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you: |
| the attitude of allowing yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable, or the act of having something enjoyable: |
| the act of indulging or gratifying a desire |
| the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution |
| a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone |
| an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires |
| foolish or senseless behavior |
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In the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, an indulgence (Latin: indulgentia, from *dulge, "persist") is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins." It may reduce the "temporal punishment for sin" after death (as opposed to the eternal punishment merited by mortal sin), in the state or process of purification called Purgatory. * The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes an indulgence as "a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints".The recipient of an indulgence must perform an action to receive it. This is most often the saying (once, or many times) of a specified prayer, but may also include the visiting of a particular place, or the perfo |