temperance

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

(noun)

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

See temperance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: ME < MFr < L temperantia, moderation, sobriety < prp. of temperare: see temper

See temperance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.
Restraint in the use of or abstinence from alcoholic liquors. See Synonyms at abstinence.

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