<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.</li><li>the state of being indulgent.</li><li>indulgent allowance or tolerance.</li><li>Synonyms: allowance, forbearance, sufferance.</li><li>a catering to someone's mood or whim; humoring: The sick man demanded indulgence as his due.</li><li>something indulged in: Her favorite indulgence was candy.</li><li>Roman Catholic Church: a partial remission of the temporal punishment, especially purgatorial atonement, that is still due for a sin or sins after absolution.</li><li>English and Scottish History: (in the reigns of Charles II and James II) a grant by the king to Protestant dissenters and Roman Catholics freeing them from certain penalties imposed by legislation because of their religion.</li><li>Commerce: an extension, through favor, of time for payment or performance.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>Roman Catholic Church: to provide with an indulgence: an indulgenced pilgrimage to Rome.</li></ul>