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indulgence
English
Etymology
From Middle French indulgence, or its source, Latin indulgentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d?ld???ns/
- Hyphenation: in?dul?gence
Noun
indulgence (countable and uncountable, plural indulgences)
- the act of indulging
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- will all they that either through indulgence to others or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance any thing that is less than a sincere, uniform resolution of new obedience
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- tolerance
- catering to someone's every desire
- something in which someone indulges
- An indulgent act; favour granted; gratification.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance
- If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance
- (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 555:
- To understand how indulgences were intended to work depends on linking together a number of assumptions about sin and the afterlife, each of which individually makes considerable sense.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 555:
Related terms
- indulge
- indulgent
Translations
Verb
indulgence (third-person singular simple present indulgences, present participle indulgencing, simple past and past participle indulgenced)
- (transitive, Roman Catholic Church) to provide with an indulgence
French
Noun
indulgence f (plural indulgences)
- leniency, clemency
- (Roman Catholicism) indulgence
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soothing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su?ð??/
- Rhymes: -u?ð??
Adjective
soothing (comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)
- Tending to soothe.
- soothing music
- Giving relief.
- a soothing ointment
- Freeing from fear or anxiety.
- soothing words
Derived terms
- soothingly
Translations
Verb
soothing
- present participle of soothe
Noun
soothing (plural soothings)
- The act by which somebody is soothed.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton
- There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton
Anagrams
- hootings, shooting
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