indulgence

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• /ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/
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From Middle English indulgence, indulgens, from Middle French indulgence and its source, Latin indulgentia.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: задоволяване (zadovoljavane) — act of indulging
• Finnish: hemmottelu — act of indulging
• French: indulgence — act of indulging
• Galician: indulxencia — act of indulging
• German: Nachgiebigkeit — act of indulging
• German: Nachsicht — act of indulging
• German: Milde — act of indulging
• German: Nachsichtigkeit — act of indulging
• Ancient Greek: πλησμονή (plēsmonḗ) — act of indulging
• Hebrew: הִתְפַּנְּקוּת (hitpanqút) — act of indulging
• Hungarian: élvezet — act of indulging
• Hungarian: hódolat — act of indulging
• Hungarian: kiélvezés — act of indulging
• Ido: indulgo — act of indulging
• Italian: vizio — act of indulging
• Māori: whakawairekatanga — act of indulging
• Persian: افراط (efrât) — act of indulging
• Portuguese: indulgência — act of indulging
• Romanian: îngăduire — act of indulging
• Romanian: tolerare — act of indulging
• Bulgarian: търпимост (tǎrpimost) — tolerance
• Finnish: suvaitsevaisuus — tolerance
• Galician: indulxencia — tolerance
• German: Duldsamkeit — tolerance
• German: Duldung — tolerance
• Greek: ανοχή (anochí) — tolerance
• Greek: επιείκεια (epieíkeia) — tolerance
• Hungarian: elnézés — tolerance
• Hungarian: engedékenység — tolerance
• Hungarian: lágyszívűség — tolerance
• Old Church Slavonic: длъготръпѣниѥ (dlŭgotrŭpěnije) — tolerance
• Portuguese: indulgência — tolerance
• Romanian: indulgență — tolerance
• Russian: снисхожде́ние (snisxoždénije) — tolerance
• Russian: снисходи́тельность (snisxodítelʹnostʹ) — tolerance
• Russian: терпи́мость (terpímostʹ) — tolerance
• Turkish: müsamaha — tolerance
• Turkish: hoşgörü — tolerance
• Finnish: hemmottelu — catering to someone's every desire
• German: Verwöhnen — catering to someone's every desire
• German: Verwöhnung — catering to someone's every desire
• Greek: κανάκεμα (kanákema) — catering to someone's every desire
• Greek: παραχάιδεμα (paracháidema) — catering to someone's every desire
• Hungarian: kényeztetés — catering to someone's every desire
• Hungarian: kedvében járás — catering to someone's every desire
• Russian: потака́ние (potakánije) — catering to someone's every desire
• Russian: потво́рство (potvórstvo) — catering to someone's every desire
• Bulgarian: привилегия (privilegija) — something in which someone indulges
• Finnish: hemmottelu — something in which someone indulges
• Finnish: viettelys — something in which someone indulges
• German: Schwäche — something in which someone indulges
• German: Hobby — something in which someone indulges
• Greek: απόλαυση (apólafsi) — something in which someone indulges
• Greek: πολυτέλεια (polytéleia) — something in which someone indulges
• Hebrew: הִתְפַּנְּקוּת (hitpanqút) — something in which someone indulges
• Hungarian: élvezet — something in which someone indulges
• Hungarian: örömforrás — something in which someone indulges
• Hungarian: szórakozás — something in which someone indulges
• Hungarian: szenvedély — something in which someone indulges
• Italian: vizio — something in which someone indulges
• Finnish: hemmottelu — indulgent act; favour granted; gratification
• German: Gnade — indulgent act; favour granted; gratification
• German: Gnadenbezeigung — indulgent act; favour granted; gratification
• German: Gefälligkeit — indulgent act; favour granted; gratification
• Latin: venia — indulgent act; favour granted; gratification
• Portuguese: indulgência — indulgent act; favour granted; gratification
• Arabic: صَكّ غُفْرَان (ṣakk ḡufrān) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Bulgarian: индулгенция (indulgencija) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Catalan: indulgència — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Czech: odpustek — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Danish: aflad — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Dutch: aflaat — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Faroese: avlát — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Finnish: ane — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Finnish: lievitys — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• French: indulgence — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• German: Ablass — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Greek: συγχωροχάρτι (synchorochárti) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Greek: συχωροχάρτι (sychorochárti) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Hungarian: búcsú — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Icelandic: aflát — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Ido: induljenco — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Italian: indulgenza — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Korean: 면벌 (myeonbeol) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Latin: indulgentia — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Macedonian: индулгенција (indulgencija) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Norwegian Bokmål: avlat — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Norwegian Nynorsk: avlat — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Polish: odpust — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Portuguese: indulgência — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Portuguese: indulto — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Romanian: indulgență — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Russian: индульге́нция (indulʹgéncija) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Russian: отпуще́ние грехо́в (otpuščénije grexóv) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Spanish: indulgencia — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Swedish: avlat — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Tagalog: indulhensiya — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Thai: ใบบุญ (bai-bun) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Turkish: müsamaha — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Turkish: hoşgörü — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Turkish: yarlıgama — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Ukrainian: індульге́нція (indulʹhéncija) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Ukrainian: відпу́щення гріхі́в (vidpúščennja hrixív) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Ukrainian: ві́дпуст (vídpust) — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Vietnamese: ơn xá — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Vietnamese: ân xá — pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory
• Vietnamese: ban ơn xá — to provide with an indulgence
• Vietnamese: xá tội — to provide with an indulgence
• Vietnamese: tha tội — to provide with an indulgence