Temperance

Quick meaning: Temperance is a noun meaning Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.

Meaning

Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.

More Meanings

1. Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
2. Moderation of passion; calmness.
3. (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

Example Sentences

temperance in eating and drinking

temperance in the indulgence of joy

Public-houses, besides their usual exhortation against temperance reform, invited men to “Join our Christmas goose club”—one bottle of gin, etc., or two, according to subscription.

So now the frauds reckoned they was out of danger, and they begun to work the villages again. ¶ First they done a lecture on temperance; but they didn't make enough for them both to get drunk on.

Word Forms

• temperances
• temperaunce

Synonyms for temperance

Depending on context, synonyms include patience, calmness, sedateness, sobriety, moderation.

Antonyms for temperance

Common opposites include intemperance, gluttony.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include moderation, sobriety, temper, self-control, abstinence, restraint.

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