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temperateness
Variant of temperate
adjective
- moderate in indulging the appetites; not self-indulgent; abstemious, esp. in the use of alcoholic liquors
- moderate in one's actions, speech, etc.; self-restrained
- moderate or restrained: a temperate reply
- neither very hot nor very cold: said of climate, etc.
- having a temperate climate
Related Forms:
- temperately adverb
- temperateness noun
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