temperance

Speech parts

1. temperance - Noun

2. temperance - Verb

3. Temperance - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sobriety prudence self-control restraint abstinence moderation self-discipline self-restraint temperateness control system measure balance gravity discipline
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Antonyms

intemperance gluttony error crime evil excess
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Hypernyms

control combination combining restraint abstinence compounding

Hyponyms

sobriety dryness abstemiousness

Related terms

temper temperament temperature temperamental

Phrases with the word

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Examples

Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven. Ephrem the Syrian

Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult. Samuel Johnson

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health. Robert E. Lee

Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality it strikes at the rootof all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half of the human race to misery. Percy Bysshe Shelley

Temperance is the best medicine. Italian Proverb

Temperance is the best physic. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

temperamentality temperamentally temperamented temperance advocate temperance association temperance bar