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noun
An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
excessive indulgence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: excess
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English indulgence English overindulgence From over- + indulgence.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
