Definitions for indulgent
ɪnˈdʌl dʒəntin·dul·gent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indulgentadjective

   characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

   "indulgent grandparents"

2. indulgent, lenient, softadjective

   tolerant or lenient

   "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"

3. indulgentadjective

   being favorably inclined

   "an indulgent attitude"

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1. indulgentadjective

   Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indulgentadjective

   Etymology: indulgent, Fr. indulgens, Latin.

   1. Kind; gentle.

   God has done all for us that the most indulgent Creator could do for the work of his hands. John Rogers, Sermons.

   2. Mild; favourable.

   Hereafter such in thy behalf shall be
   Th' indulgent censure of posterity. Edmund Waller.

   3. Gratifying; favouring; giving way to. With of.

   The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. John Dryden, Æn.

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1. indulgent

   In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (Latin: indulgentia, from indulgeo, 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins". The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes an indulgence as "a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and all of the saints".The recipient of an indulgence must perform an action to receive it. This is most often the saying (once, or many times) of a specified prayer, but may also include a pilgrimage, the visiting of a particular place (such as a shrine, church or cemetery) or the performance of specific good works.Indulgences were introduced to allow for the remission of the severe penances of the early church and granted at the intercession of Christians awaiting martyrdom or at least imprisoned for the faith. The church teaches that indulgences draw on the treasury of merit accumulated by Jesus' superabundantly meritorious sacrifice on the cross and the virtues and penances of the saints. They are granted for specific good works and prayers in proportion to the devotion with which those good works are performed or prayers recited.By the late Middle Ages, indulgences were used to support charities for the public good including hospitals. However, the abuse of indulgences, mainly through commercialization, had become a serious problem which the church recognized but was unable to restrain effectively. Indulgences were, from the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, a target of attacks by Martin Luther and other Protestant theologians. Eventually the Catholic Counter-Reformation curbed the abuses of indulgences, but indulgences continue to play a role in modern Catholic religious life, and were dogmatically confirmed as part of the Catholic faith by the Council of Trent. Reforms in the 20th century largely abolished the quantification of indulgences, which had been expressed in terms of days or years. These days or years were meant to represent the equivalent of time spent in penance, although it was widely mistaken to mean time spent in Purgatory. The reforms also greatly reduced the number of indulgences granted for visiting particular churches and other locations.

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1. indulgent

   Indulgent refers to the act of being lenient, permissive, or excessively generous, often satisfying one's own desires or yielding to those of others. It typically implies a willingness to overlook or forgive perceived faults, or to cater to someone's comforts, pleasures, or whims beyond what is considered necessary or beneficial.

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1. Indulgentadjective

   prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent

2. Etymology: [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of indulgere: cf. F. indulgent. See Indulge.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of indulgent in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of indulgent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of indulgent in a Sentence

1. Stuart Duguid:

   Everyone on that Zoom will agree that his tone was all wrong and his sole purpose was to intimidate, really appalling behavior. And this insinuation that Naomi owes her off-court success to the media is a myth — don’t be so self-indulgent.

2. Linda Ronstadt:

   I went to the president of my record company, who's a man who genuinely likes music. And I said,' Look, I made all these records for you... I'm going to do this just for me, this might be self-indulgent -- if it sells two copies, I don't care. But if I can't record this music, I'm going to die.

3. Margaret Jones:

   The 'self care' movement tends to focus on solo activities — like a facial or an indulgent dessert, but we’ve seen this trend impacting the events industry — and bringing people together as a result.

4. Jonathan Thompson:

   A diet plan is only good if you can realistically adhere to it, so it’s key to structure the plan around your specific lifestyle and to build permissive indulgent moments into the plan, like a weekly programmed cheat meal on Saturday night when you know you’ll be around friends and family.

5. Craig Grossi:

   Finding the motivation was really about giving myself the permission to write. For me and for other veterans, it’s something we have to overcome in terms of drawing attention to ourselves or doing anything that we might perceive as selfish or self-indulgent, it’s something that I owe to the men and women that I served with and the awesome people that have come into my life. I owe it to them to share this story.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=indulgent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Indulgent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=indulgent
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgent
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indulgent