temperance

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Temperance is defined as showing restraint in eating or drinking, and especially avoiding alcohol.

An example of temperance is when you refrain from drinking any alcohol.

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temperance

the state or quality of being temperate; self-restraint in conduct, expression, indulgence of the appetites, etc.; moderation
moderation in drinking alcoholic beverages or total abstinence from alcoholic beverages

Origin of temperance

Middle English from Middle French from Classical Latin temperantia, moderation, sobriety from present participle of temperare: see temper

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temperance

noun

Abstinence from or moderation in drinking alcoholic beverages. See Synonyms at abstinence.
Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.

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Noun

(plural temperances)

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.
One of the seven heavenly virtues.
(tarot) temperance; the fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.

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Origin

See etymology of "to temper".

Proper noun

A female given name.

Origin

From temperance. A virtue name first used by Puritans in the 16th century.

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