"overindulgence" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-overindulgence.ogg [US] Forms: overindulgences [plural]
Etymology: over- + indulgence Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|indulgence}} over- + indulgence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overindulgence (countable and uncountable, plural overindulgences)
  1. An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of overindulging): прекаляване (prekaljavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 過於沉溺 (Chinese Mandarin), 过于沉溺 (guòyú chénnì) (Chinese Mandarin), ylenpalttisuus (Finnish), hillitömyys (Finnish), mässäily (Finnish), ylensyönti (english: regarding food) (Finnish), Übermäßigkeit [feminine] (German), Maßlosigkeit [feminine] (German), übermäßiger Genuss [masculine] (German), Völlerei (english: eating to excess) [feminine] (German), злоупотребле́ние (zloupotreblénije) [neuter] (Russian), баловство́ (balovstvó) [neuter] (Russian)

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