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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SELF-INDULGENCE

SELF-INDULGENCE Self `-in *dul "gence, n.

 

Defn: Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

self-indulgence

self-in dul gence |ˈˌsɛlf ənˈdəlʤəns | noun the quality of being self-indulgent. something done in a self-indulgent way: Sunday's simpleminded pleasures and self-indulgences.

 

Oxford Dictionary

self-indulgence

self-indulgence noun [ mass noun ] the quality of being self-indulgent. [ count noun ] something done or allowed in a self-indulgent way: simple-minded pleasures and self-indulgences.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

self-indulgence

self-indulgence noun there is also the chance for some self-indulgence, such as taking breakfast in bed: hedonism, indulgence, pursuit of pleasure, pleasure-seeking, luxury, lotus-eating, epicureanism, self-gratification; lack of self-restraint, intemperance, intemperateness, immoderation, overindulgence, excess, extravagance, the high life, high living, licence, licentiousness, sensualism, voluptuousness, dissipation, dissoluteness, decadence; rare sybaritism. ANTONYMS abstemiousness, restraint.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

self-indulgence

s lf-ind lgence 名詞 U 〖具体例では 可算 わがまま, 放縦, ぜいたく .