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noun
Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intemperance, intemperateness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
Narrower terms: spree, fling, profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, jag
noun
an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: indulgence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indiscipline, undiscipline
Narrower terms: luxury
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English indulgence English self-indulgence From self- + indulgence.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
