Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others.

    Maßlosigkeit, Zügellosigkeit

    потво́рство свои́м жела́ниямpotvórstvo svoím želánijam, потака́ние свои́м сла́бостямpotakánije svoím slábostjam

More definitions
  • an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
  • excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs:

Forms

plural: self-indulgences

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires:indulgence
  • excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence:intemperanceintemperateness

Word family

1 related words

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