over-indulgence
41agape — Greek noun meaning ‘love’ not much used in secular writings but common in the NT for the gracious selfgiving love of God shown in Christ; and correspondingly of unselfish human love (1 Cor. 13:4). The word came later to denote the shared meal… …
42drunkenness — Although wine is esteemed as a gift [[➝ gifts]] of God in both OT (Isa. 55:1–5) and NT (1 Tim. 5:23) and is used in family worship (Deut. 14:26) and in the Christian Eucharist (1 Cor. 11:26), over indulgence is condemned (Gen. 9:20–7; Gal. 5:21) …
43meals — Of great importance in Israel: if two strangers met in the desert and shared a meal, an unbreakable bond was established. Often meals were vegetarian, and meat (but only from animals prescribed in Lev. 11 as clean [[➝ clean and unclean]]) could… …
44TANTRIC BUDDHISM — that branch of BUDDHISM which developed TANTRA as an ESOTERIC system involving MAGIC and sexual practices believed to overcome desire by over indulgence …
45blow-out — n an occasion of over indulgence, partic ularly excessive eating and drinking ► Have a blow out at Les Trois Marches. (Mail on Sunday, You magazine, March 1988) …
46the horrors — n 1. a bout of terror or fit of existential despair. The term applies especially to the sudden uncontrollable feelings of dread and horror experienced as a result of drug or alcohol abuse (as, e.g., in cases of delirium tremens, heroin with… …
47excess — n. 1. Superfluity, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, disproportion, undue amount. 2. Surplus, overplus, remainder. 3. Intemperance, immoderation, over indulgence, dissoluteness, dissolute behavior or living, dissipation, debauchery. 4.… …
48coarsen — verb (I, T) 1 to become thicker or rougher, or to make something thicker or rougher: Hard work had coarsened his hands. | His face swollen and puffy, the features coarsened by over indulgence. 2 to become or to make someone become less polite in… …
49fest — Noun. Festival. This abbreviated form is used less to mean a celebratory event, but more an eventful over indulgence in expressions such asdrug fest or beer fest …
50morning after the night before — Noun. The state of being in a hangover after the previous night s over indulgence in drink …
