The phrase "act of indulgence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a behavior or action that allows oneself to enjoy something, often in a way that is considered excessive or self-gratifying.
Example: "After a long week of work, I treated myself to an act of indulgence by enjoying a luxurious spa day."
Alternatives: "moment of indulgence" or "gesture of indulgence".
Buying a $13,000 mink or a $500 nylon handbag, always an act of indulgence, suddenly seemed too frivolous for perilous times.
Although recent evidence suggests that tippling might have deep roots in our primate past, nonhuman primates are only rarely spotted in the act of indulgence.
Saying yes wasn't the act of indulgence and chaos I thought it would be.
The film is either a masterpiece or a massively dysfunctional act of self-indulgence and self-laceration.
The idea of beauty as a site of resistance rather than capitulation is often traced back to Audre Lorde, who, in 1988, wrote, "Caring for myself is not an act of self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare".
Clinton's egregious act of self-indulgence was outdone by an impeachment based not on constitutionally required high crimes and misdemeanors but on a vindictive determination to bring down a president who had offended self-righteous moralists eager to put a different political agenda in place.
At its heart, the Six Californias proposal is largely an act of self-indulgence on the part of Draper, who has catapulted himself into the news and started an interesting, if inane, debate about California's structure and governance.
However, the king was more tolerant than the kirk tended to be and issued two acts of indulgence in 1693 and 1695, allowing those who accepted him as king to return to the church.
"Jazz" contains many acts of bravery -- political, personal and artistic -- by name players and by artists long forgotten, and acts of self-indulgence, greed and cowardice.
But in acts of self-indulgence bordering on decadence, both the Conservative and Labour leaderships put their party interest before the nation's – and 600,000 votes that could so easily have been in the Remain ledger ended up in Leave's.
However, the King issued two acts of indulgences in 1693 and 1695, allowing those who accepted him as king to return to the church and around a hundred took advantage of the offer.
