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Self-indulgence

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

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Dissipation 76% connected

The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

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Dissolution 76% connected

The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

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Fling 76% connected

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

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Jag 76% connected

A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.

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Looseness 76% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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Luxury 76% connected

A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.

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Profligacy 76% connected

The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dis…

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Spree 76% connected

A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.

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Humoring 76% connected

of Humor

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Indiscipline 76% connected

Want of discipline or instruction.

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Indulgence 76% connected

The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

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Indulging 76% connected

of Indulge

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Pampering 76% connected

of Pamper

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Self-indulgent 74% connected

Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.

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Self-indulgent 74% connected

Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.

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Indulgence 92% connected

The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

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Intemperance 92% connected

The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passio…

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Intemperateness 92% connected

The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

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