indult

English

Alternative forms

• indulto

Noun

indult (plural indults)

1. (Catholicism) A permission or privilege granted by the church authority that excepts an individual from what is otherwise a norm of church law, such as a release from monastic vows.
   • 2015 August 27, Ross Douthat, “Catholic Exceptions and Catholic Rules”, in New York Times Opinion Pages‎^[1], retrieved 2021-06-03:

     That’s why, for instance, most American Catholics now receive communion in the hand (permission for which was originally granted as an “indult,” an exception), […]

Further reading

• indult on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indultus, perfect passive participle of indulgeō (“to indulge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [inˈdul]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [inˈdult]

Noun

indult m (plural indults)

1. (law) pardon

   Synonym: perdó

Derived terms

• indultar

Related terms

• gràcia

Further reading

• “indult” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “indult” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Noun

indult m (plural indults)

1. indult

Further reading

• “indult”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

indul +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈindult]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: in‧dult

Verb

indult

1. third-person singular past of indul

   Az ajtó felé indult. ― S/he headed for the door.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French indult, from Latin indultum.

Noun

indult n (uncountable)

1. indult

Declension

Declension of indult

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	indult	indultul
genitive-dative	indult	indultului
vocative	indultule