excessive indulgence
Going overboard habitually
Excessive indulgence is overindulgence—giving in to desires or appetites beyond what's reasonable or healthy.
The phrase often describes consuming too much food, drink, or pleasure: The holidays were a period of excessive indulgence.
It can also mean being too permissive with others, especially children: His excessive indulgence of her tantrums only made them worse.
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- too much of a good thingExcess spoils enjoyment
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- seven deadly sinsTraditional mortal transgressions
- over the topExcessively theatrical or extreme
decadence · hedonism · guilty pleasure · binge · pig out · gorge · splurge · treat yourself · feast · lavish · opulence · living large · debauchery · letting loose · extravagance · wanton · surfeit · satiate
excessive indulgencemoderation
Avoidance of excess
temperance · restraint · self-denial · abstinence · self-restraint
excessive indulgenceself-control
Ability to restrain impulses
self-discipline · self-restraint · discipline · asceticism · austerity
excessive indulgencefrugality
Economical resource management
parsimony · thrift · economy · simplicity · minimalism
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