temperance
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈtɛmpərəns/
:
templanza
- His temperance in both eating and drinking impressed everyone at the dinner party.
- temperance movement
- temperance advocate
- temperance cause
Well, you know, temperance as opposed to lust, right?
- Well, you know, temperance as opposed to lust, right?
- And now he's going to give us some additional conditions on justice, temperance, and the other virtues.
- That could be embodied also in self-discipline or something called temperance is the actual word used in the Greek language.
- I think maybe the only one less sexy than justice is temperance.
- But again, part of being a functioning smart individual adult is to have temperance right to right.
Examples
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In 1874, she joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), eventually becoming a state organizer.
Academic text (1990) -
His father, a Methodist minister, supported both the temperance and antislavery movements.
Academic text (2002) -
- I am the president of the Temperance Union.
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I thought your family were temperance people.
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Are you a member of the Temperance League?
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The Temperance League said this would happen.
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Everyone has to have justice and shame and temperance or community life would be impossible.
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After that success, Crafts never again played such a central role in temperance legislation.
Academic text (2002) -
But if one cannot counsel those interested in temperance to "eat as most people eat," what is the reasonable alternative?
Academic text (2008) -
To create sober and industrious working men, Tryon advised a plain and sober diet and temperance.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.5
Keeping actions or feelings within reasonable limits
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4.4
The ability to control your actions and feelings even when it is hard
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4.6
The ability to control your feelings and urges
A calm way of controlling actions and feelings to avoid too much
A habit of eating and drinking only small amounts to avoid excess
Choosing not to enjoy pleasures or luxuries to control yourself
Antonyms
- Formal
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9.1
Not having control over what you do, especially eating or drinking too much
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Temperance comes from the Latin verb temperare, which means 'to mix' or 'to keep within limits'. Think of the common word temper, as in 'to temper anger' to make it less strong, so temperance is the habit of keeping your desires and actions within safe limits.