Qualities
Synonyms for indulgence
The synonym for indulgence recorded in this bank is leniency, in the sense "a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for indulgence
- leniencynoun, in the sense "a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day indulgence is audited in a second meaning.
a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
Too much indulgence spoils a child.
The true synonym
leniency
Same sentence, swapped: Too much leniency spoils a child.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- lunacy
- copyright
- drunkenness
Where indulgence turns up in the game
indulgence is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where indulgence is the trap
- gratificationnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is satisfaction, in the sense "state of being gratified or satisfied", and indulgence is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play indulgence
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so indulgence reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The same bank, read from both sides
indulgence is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.