Word: indulgence
Category: indulgence
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Synonyms: indulgence
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: indulgence
The meaning and "use of": indulgence
- the action or fact of indulging. - indulgence in self-pity
- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a grant by the pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due for sins after absolution. The unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners was a widespread abuse during the later Middle Ages. - The ‘treasures of the Church,’ out of which the Pope grants indulgences , are not sufficiently named or known among the people of Christ.
- an extension of the time in which a bill or debt has to be paid. - It is merely intended as an indulgence offered by the lender to the borrower.
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