intemperance

[ in-tem-per-uhns, -pruhns ]

noun

Origin of intemperance

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word intemperantia.See in-³, temperance

On the other hand, many men, by their own vice and intemperance, disqualify themselves for conversation.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) | Daniel Defoe
His intemperance alienated him from his father, and he died in prison under sentence of death.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
The clergyman was ready to draw an awful moral against intemperance from his history.
Papers from Overlook-House | Casper Almore
Avoid wrath and thou wilt avoid sin; avoid intemperance and thou wilt not provoke Providence.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala | Various
We have already seen that several attempts had been made for the suppression of intemperance, and apparently with little success.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington Greene

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