Qualities

Synonyms for indulgence

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineQualities

a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

Too much indulgence spoils a child.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

leniency

Same sentence, swapped: Too much leniency spoils a child.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for indulgence as it is used in the sentence above.

lunacy
copyright
drunkenness

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