indulgence
Kelime Anlamı :

1. (ticaret hukuku) borç vadesinin uzatılması.
2. (Katoliklik) pişmanlık hâsıl olunca kilise tarafından günah cezasından bir kısmının affolunması.
3. hoşgörü.
4. bağımlılık.
5. musamaha.
6. günahların kilisece affedilmesi.
7. müsamaha.
8. anlayış gösterme.
9. haz.
10. yüz verme.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Zıt Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1. the act of indulging; forbearance of restraint or control; gratification of desire or humor; also, the character of being indulgent.
2. something with which one is indulged or gratified; a favor granted; an act of grace.
3. in com., forbearance of present payment; an extension, through favor, of the time in which a debt can be paid: as, to grant an indulgence of three months on a note.
4. in roman catholic theology: remission of sins: used in this sense by the earlier ecclesiastical writers.
5. A remission of the punishment which is still due to sin after sacramental absolution, this remission being valid in the court of conscience and before god, and being made by an application of the treasure of the church on the part of a lawful superior. Eusebius Amort, history of indulgences, quoted in cath. dict.
6. relaxation of an ecclesiastical law, or exemption of a particular individual from its provisions: properly called dispensation.
7. in scottish history, in the reigns of charles II. and james II., permission to hold religious services.
8. A proclamation by charles II. in 1671 or 1672, promising the suspension of penal laws relating to ecclesiastical matters which were directed against nonconformists. it was rejected by parliament.
9. A proclamation by james II. in 1687, annulling penal laws against roman catholics and nonconformists, and abolishing religious tests for office. the refusal to read this declaration by several prelates led to their trial, and was one of the causes of the revolution of 1688.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia