overindulgencen.
/ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻnˈdʌldʒ(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərənˈdəldʒ(ə)ns/ Excessive indulgence.
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society > authority > lack of strictness > [noun] > indulgence > excessive indulgence
surfeitrya1500
overindulgencya1631
overindulgence1749
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 211 Her parents..had been punish'd for their partiality to their son, in the loss of him, occasion'd by a circumstance of their over-indulgence to his appetite.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxxvi. 354 The Lady having, by her early over-indulgence, ruined the morals of her child.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian I. xviii. 347 Mrs Staunton was beautiful and wilful, and enjoyed but delicate health; so that it was difficult..to struggle with her on the point of her over-indulgence to an only child.
1876 J. Orton Andes & Amazon (ed. 3) ii. xlv. 618 Overindulgence in stimulating food is a fruitful source of disease.
1937 Life 16 Aug. 12/1 (advt.) While you sleep, it..reduces the excess acidity caused by overindulgence.
1995 F. G. Vogel World War I Songs i. vi. 68/1 Rhyming possibilities encouraged lyricists' overindulgence in the word ‘fray’ as a substitute for battle or war.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1749- to stretch wing to weather
- to strew out
- to stride out
- to strike a a person off or now rarely out of
- to strike a a person off or out of
- to strike a bad patch
- to strike a balance
- to strike a bargain
- to strike a blow
- to strike a bonanza
- to strike a bum note
- to strike a bustle
- to strike a docket
- to strike a good stroke
- to strike a hag in the post
- to strike a hag into the post
- to strike a hard bargain
- to strike a hull
- to strike a light
- to strike a line (also path
- to strike a medical etc off the register
- to strike a medical practitioner off the register
- to strike a name off or now rarely out of
- to strike a name off or out of
- to strike a person a blow