indulgence
French, noun/ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃s/
indulgence is spelled I-N-D-U-L-G-E-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indulgence is a French feminine noun meaning “leniency, clemency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Facilité à excuser et à pardonner les fautes, les défauts”.
What does indulgence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineleniency, clemency
- 2
feminineindulgence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Facilité à excuser et à pardonner les fautes, les défauts. 2. Rémission des peines que les péchés méritent, accordée par l’Église sous certaines conditions.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of indulgence
- indulgences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indulgence?
- /ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indulgence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indulgence in French?
indulgence appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).