indulgence

Other forms of indulgence

plural

indulgences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about indulgence

What does indulgence mean?

indulgence means "an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indulgence?

indulgence has 3 syllables: in-dul-gence. The stress falls on "dul". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈdʌldʒəns/.

What is another word for indulgence?

Close synonyms include self-indulgence, lenience, leniency, indulging, pampering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indulgence a common word?

indulgence is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.