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.