Intemperance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Lack of temperance, as in the indulgence of an appetite or a passion.
  • n. Excessive use of alcoholic beverages.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Lack of moderation or temperance; excess
  • n. Drunkenness; gluttony
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.
  • n. Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The quality of being intemperate; lack of temperance or moderation; immoderateness or excess in any kind of action; excessive indulgence of any passion or appetite.
  • n. In a restricted sense, excessive indulgence in intoxicating drink; habitual lack of temperance in drink, with or without actual drunkenness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of being intemperate
  • n. excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
  • n. consumption of alcoholic drinks
    • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    excess   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    drunkenness    debauchery    gluttony    dishonesty    improvidence   
     
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