in·dult 
(ĭn-dŭlt)
(ĭn-dŭlt)n.
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An authorization granted by the pope, allowing a bishop or diocese to deviate from canon law in some particular.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin indultum, from Late Latin, concession, gift, from Latin indultum, neuter past participle of indulgēre, to be kind.]