indulgency
noun
indulgencies
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pluralof indulgency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There’s little doubt that Mr. Hopper’s indulgencies took their toll, but if “The Last Movie” had made the money, you might be reading a different story.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2010
The most luxurious were often the first to part with their indulgencies.
From The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Prior to this, while in Tennessee, there had been a very few furloughs granted in exceptional cases, which were all the indulgencies of that kind the regiment had so far received.
From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Leander Stillwell
Henrietta was then obliged to go again to her mother, where, though deprived of all the indulgencies to which she was now become familiar, she was not more hurt by the separation than Mr Arnott.
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney
Secondly, if it is agreed not to observe the rules exactly, but one party demands indulgencies, he should then be as willing to allow them to the other.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson
