Temperance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.
  • n. Restraint in the use of or abstinence from alcoholic liquors. See Synonyms at abstinence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
  • n. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
  • n. One of the seven heavenly virtues.
  • n. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
  • n. : temperance; the fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; ; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
  • n. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
  • n. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Moderation; the observance of moderation; temperateness.
  • n. Particularly— Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; abstinence from all violence or excess, from inordinate or unseasonable indulgence, or from the use or pursuit of anything injurious to moral or physical well-being; sobriety; frugality: as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or grief; in a narrower sense, moderation in the use of alcoholic liquors, as beverages; or, in a still narrower sense as used by its advocates, entire abstinence from such liquors: in this sense also used attributively; as, a temperance society; a temperance hotel; a temperance lecture.
  • n. Moderation of passion; self-restraint; self-control; calmness.
  • n. The act of tempering or mixing; temperament.
  • n. Moderate degree of temperature; equal state.
  • n. Temperature.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. abstaining from excess
  • n. the trait of avoiding excesses
  • n. the act of tempering
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