over-indulgence

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noun celebration devoted to sensual enjoyment

also overindulgence, 1630s, from over- + indulgence. First attested in Donne.

Over-indulgence and drunkenness I have ever loathed and avoided.

"The effect of over-indulgence, perhaps," said the colonel, rising.

I shall stand between her and the over-indulgence of her parents.

To these people the play is an exception, they are not bored by it from over-indulgence.

Over-indulgence in meat is likely to spell trouble for the strongest of us.

Gay calls him "joyous Ford," and he was given to over-indulgence in conviviality.

"I hope this'll be a warning to you against an over-indulgence in family pride," he said.

The chief danger in their use lies in their over-indulgence.

Love for his mother held him from over-indulgence in pastimes.

There was no evidence of fatigue or loss of sleep, or over-indulgence of any kind.