aflad

Old Danish aflat, from Middle Low German aflat (“forgiveness”), from verb aflaten (“to forgive, to pardon”), equivalent to af- (“off”) +‎ lade (“to allow, to let”). Cognate with Icelandic aflát, Swedish avlat, German Ablass, Dutch aflaat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑwˌlað]

aflad c (singular definite afladen, not used in plural form)

1. (Roman Catholicism, usually in the singular) indulgence (release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory)

   Coordinate term: syndsforladelse

   1. (figurative) forgiveness for (something) morally wrong
   2. (figurative) an amount or something else given to improve one's conscience (alms etc.)

• “aflad” in Den Danske Ordbog