| NOUN | attribute | self-indulgence, indulgence | an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires |
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| act | self-indulgence, intemperance, intemperateness | excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence |
| Meaning | An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires. | |
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| Synonym | indulgence | |
| Narrower | luxury | Something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity |
| Broader | indiscipline, undiscipline | The trait of lacking discipline |
| Spanish | autoindulgencia, indulgencia | |
| Catalan | indulgència | |
| Adjectives | self-indulgent | indulgent of your own appetites and desires |
| Meaning | excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence. | |
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| Synonyms | intemperance, intemperateness | |
| Narrower | jag | A bout of drinking or drug taking |
| profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness | dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | |
| spree, fling | A brief indulgence of your impulses | |
| Broader | indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring | The act of indulging or gratifying a desire |
| Spanish | intemperancia | |
| Catalan | intemperància | |
| Adjectives | self-indulgent | indulgent of your own appetites and desires |
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