indulgence Definition

1. The state of being indulgent; generosity; favourable or tolerant treatment.

Thesaurus: forbearance, tolerance, lenience, allowance, patience; Antonym: sternness.
2. An act or the process of indulging a person, desire, etc.

Thesaurus: humouring, coddling, pampering, spoiling, placating, babying, kowtowing.
3. A pleasure that is indulged in.
4. RC Church.
A special grant of remission from the punishment which remains due for a sin after it has been absolved.