Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Forbearance; restraint; gratification; granting of a favor. 2. (n.) An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (v. t.) To grant an indulgence to.

Multi-Version Concordance Indulgence (3 Occurrences) Acts 17:30 Those times of ignorance God viewed with indulgence. But now He commands all men everywhere to repent, (WEY) Acts 24:23 And he gave orders to the Captain that Paul was to be kept in custody, but be treated with indulgence, and that his personal friends were not to be prevented from showing him kindness. (WEY ASV) Colossians 2:23 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. (WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)