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Indulgence

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In the Roman Catholic Church. A remission of the punishment due to sins, granted by the pope or church, and supposed to save the sinner from purgatory. Its abuse led to the Reformation in Germany.

Wharton.

Forbearance, (q. v.)