If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we
must perish in our own folly.
Rogers.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after
the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution
from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of
the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ
and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore
believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
In*dul"gence (?), v. t. To grant an indulgence to.
In*dul"gen*cy (?), n. Indulgence. Dryden.
In*dul"gent (?), a. [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of indulgere: cf. F.
indulgent. See Indulge.] 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. Shak.
The indulgent censure of posterity.
Waller.
The feeble old, indulgent of their ease.
Dryden.
In`dul*gen"tial (?), a. Relating to the indulgences of the Roman
Catholic Church. Brevint.
In*dul"gent*ly (?), adv. In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably.
Dryden.
In*dul"ger, n. One who indulges. W. Montagu.
In*dul"gi*ate (?), v. t. To indulge. [R.] Sandys.
In"du*line (?), n. [Perh. fr. indigo.] (Chem.) (a) Any one of a large
series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by
aniline violet. (b) A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the
oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; --
called also aniline black.
{ In*dult" (?), In*dul"to (?), } n. [L. indultum indulgence, favor, fr.
indultus, p. p. of indulgere: cf. It. indulto, F. indult. See Indulge.]
1. A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a dispensation granted by
the pope.