Indulge

in-dulj′, v.t. to yield to the wishes of: not to restrain, as the will, .— v.i. (with in ) to gratify one's appetites freely.— ns. Indul′gence , gratification: forbearance of present payment: in the R.C. Church, a remi ion, to a repentant sinner, of the temporal punishment which remains due after the sin and its eternal punishment have been remitted ( Plenary indulgences, such as remit all; Partial , a portion of the temporal punishment due to sin; Temporal , those granted only for a time; Perpetual or Indefinite , those which last till revoked; Personal , those granted to a particular person or confraternity; Local , those gained only in a particular place): exemption of an individual from an ecclesiastical law.— adjs. Indul′gent , yielding to the wishes of others: compliant: not severe; Indulgen′tial .— adv. Indul′gently .— ns. Indul′ger ; Indult′ , a license granted by the Pope, authorising something to be done which the common law of the Church does not sanction.— Declaration of Indulgence , a proclamation of James II. in 1687, by which he promised to suspend all laws tending to force the conscience of his subjects. [L. indulgēre , to be kind to— in , in, and prob. L. dulcis , sweet.]