INDULGENCE


Meaning of INDULGENCE in English

noun

1 having whatever you want

ADJECTIVE

▪ excessive

▪ pure , sheer

guilty of sheer ~

▪ personal

▪ sexual

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ in

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

PHRASES

▪ a life of ~

2 sth you allow yourself

ADJECTIVE

▪ private

▪ small

▪ occasional

VERB + INDULGENCE

▪ allow yourself

As a relief from work she allowed herself a few small ~s.

3 acceptance of change to the normal way of doing sth

VERB + INDULGENCE

▪ ask , beg , crave , request , seek

He begged the audience's ~ to read some passages from his latest book.

▪ grant

He attacked the ~ granted to religious dissenters.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .