self-indulgence
Giving in freely
Self-indulgence is gratifying one's own desires, appetites, or whims without restraint.
The word carries a mild negative connotation—suggesting someone who prioritizes pleasure over discipline or responsibility: After months of dieting, she allowed herself a weekend of self-indulgence.
A self-indulgent person habitually yields to their impulses; a self-indulgent meal or purchase is an unnecessary treat.
Pursuit of enjoyment
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- epicureanismPursuit of refined pleasures
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- sybaritismPursuit of luxury
voluptuousness · decadence · debauchery · carnality · libertinism · bacchanalia · abandon · sensualism
Greedy excess in consumption
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
bingeing · overspending · wastefulness · unrestraint · extravagance · profligacy · squandering · dissipation
Lavish attentive care
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- splurgingSpending freely, excessively
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
sumptuousness · comfort · spa · gourmet · champagne · shopping spree · designer goods · splendor
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- regretSorrow over past actions
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- compunctionUneasiness from guilt
guilty pleasure · pangs · weakness · temptation · knowing better · giving in · caving · succumbing
State of relishing something
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
comfort · relaxation · bliss · leisure · recreation · me-time · unwinding · escapism
pleasure-seeking
Pursuit of enjoyment
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- epicureanismPursuit of refined pleasures
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
sybaritism · voluptuousness · decadence · debauchery · carnality · libertinism · bacchanalia · abandon · sensualism
gluttony
Greedy excess in consumption
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
surfeit · bingeing · overspending · wastefulness · unrestraint · extravagance · profligacy · squandering · dissipation · overabundance
pampering
Lavish attentive care
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- splurgingSpending freely, excessively
extravagance · sumptuousness · comfort · spa · gourmet · champagne · shopping spree · designer goods · splendor · retail therapy
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- regretSorrow over past actions
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
compunction · guilty pleasure · pangs · weakness · temptation · knowing better · giving in · caving · succumbing
enjoyment
State of relishing something
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
delight · comfort · relaxation · bliss · leisure · recreation · me-time · unwinding · escapism · amusement
- indulgencepamper, pamper yourself, treat yourself, hedonism, decadence
- decadencedecadence, decay, lavishness, aestheticism, dandyism
- excessesimmoderation, intemperance, extravagance, gluttony, excess
- deadly sinspride, sloth, lust, gluttony, greed
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- luxuryluxury, wealth, luxurious, opulent, opulence
self-indulgenceself-control
Ability to restrain impulses
self-restraint · self-denial · self-discipline · restraint · abstinence
self-indulgenceself-sacrifice
Surrendering for others' benefit
selflessness · altruism · self-abnegation · unselfishness · generosity
self-indulgenceasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
austerity · self-mortification · abstinence · renunciation · decency
self, indulge, indulgence, indulgent, indulged, indulging, overindulge, indulgently, indulgences