folly vs indulgence what difference

what is difference between folly and indulgence

English

Etymology

From Old French folie (“madness”), from the adjective fol (“mad, insane”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒli/
• Rhymes: -ɒli
• Hyphenation: fol‧ly

Noun

folly (plural follies)

1. Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

2. Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.

3. (architecture) A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.

Related terms

• fool
• foolery
• foolish

Translations

Further reading

• folly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• folyl

English

Etymology

From Middle French indulgence, or its source, Latin indulgentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒəns/
• Hyphenation: in‧dul‧gence

Noun

indulgence (countable and uncountable, plural indulgences)

1. the act of indulging
   • 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals…

     will all they that either through indulgence to others or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance any thing that is less than a sincere, uniform resolution of new obedience
2. tolerance
3. catering to someone’s every desire
4. something in which someone indulges
5. An indulgent act; favour granted; gratification.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance

     If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.

6. (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 555:

     To understand how indulgences were intended to work depends on linking together a number of assumptions about sin and the afterlife, each of which individually makes considerable sense.

Related terms

• indulge
• indulgent

Translations

Verb

indulgence (third-person singular simple present indulgences, present participle indulgencing, simple past and past participle indulgenced)

1. (transitive, Roman Catholic Church) to provide with an indulgence

French

Pronunciation

Noun

indulgence f (plural indulgences)

1. leniency, clemency
2. (Roman Catholicism) indulgence

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