self-indulgence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
    indulgence.
  2. noun excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
    intemperateness; intemperance.
    • the intemperance of their language

WordNet


Self`-in*dul"gence noun
Definitions
  1. Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

Webster 1913