INDULGENCE


Meaning of INDULGENCE in English

■ noun

1》 the action or fact of indulging.

↘a thing that is indulged in; a luxury.

2》 the state or attitude of being indulgent or tolerant.

3》 an extension of the time in which a bill or debt has to be paid.

4》 chiefly historical (in the Roman Catholic Church) a grant by the Pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due for sins after absolution.

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