temperance
moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion, especially in the use of alcoholic liquors.
total abstinence from alcoholic liquors.
Origin of temperance
1Other words from temperance
- an·ti·tem·per·ance, adjective
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How to use temperance in a sentence
More importantly, Longworth viewed wine as a critical piece of the temperance movement.
Such temperance may disappoint Catholics anxious for more sweeping changes in Rome.
Resistance to “The Star-Spangled Banner” also flared among blacks, pacifists, and advocates of temperance.
Star-Spangled Confederates: How Southern Sympathizers Decided Our National Anthem | Jefferson Morley | July 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEmploy temperance in all things, avoiding overindulgence in celebration or self-deprivation.
Dear Mother, by thy heart then so cruelly martyred, obtain for me the virtue of temperance and the gift of counsel.
Mary, Help of Christians | Various
Accordingly, temperance was said farewell to, quinine instituted, and I believe my pains are soon to be over.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThe temperance, moreover, which it compels in those who cannot eat sea provisions, is very conducive to health.
Some one spoke of certain evangelists who were conducting a temperance campaign among the workers in the steel-mills.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairHe was a strictly temperance dog, and would allow no one on the premises who was what is called worse for liquor.
Minnie's Pet Dog | Madeline Leslie
British Dictionary definitions for temperance
/ (ˈtɛmpərəns) /
restraint or moderation, esp in yielding to one's appetites or desires
abstinence from alcoholic drink
Origin of temperance
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