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Latin
Etymology
From indulgēns + -ia.
Noun
indulgentia f (genitive indulgentiae); first declension
- leniency, concession, pardon
- Synonyms: amnēstia, oblīviō, remissiō, venia
- indulgence, gentleness, complaisance, tenderness, fondness, kindness
- Synonyms: lēnitās, beneficium, misericordia, pietās, cōmitās, benignitās, benevolentia, venia
- Antonyms: ferōcitās, crūdēlitās, sevēritās, asperitās
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) indulgence, remission
- Synonym: laxāmentum
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “indulgentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indulgentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- indulgentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- indulgentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “indulgentia”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- indulgentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016