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temperance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | moderation |
| Type of | restraint, control, natural virtue |
| Has types | sobriety, dryness, abstemiousness |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sobriety |
| Type of | abstinence |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | combination, combining, compounding |
| Derivation | temper |
Examples of temperance
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In it, Cornaro advised sobriety, temperance, regularity and calorie restriction.
From the thenewstribune.com
She also was involved in the national temperance and women's suffrage movements.
From the foxbusiness.com
Prohibition did not work, so the temperance movement switched to social control.
From the healthland.time.com
Temperance Brennan investigates the case of a man who seems to have died twice.
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He led Kansans for Life at its Best, the state's largest temperance organization.
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Lack of temperance and judgement meant your feelings would alway be more intense.
From the guardian.co.uk
In short, Clarke will not be signing up for the temperance society any time soon.
From the guardian.co.uk
With a little more temperance, they could have batted Australia out of the match.
From the smh.com.au
The toddy tappers of Tamil Nadu triumphed last week after 23 years of temperance.
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- The trait of avoiding excesses
- Sobriety: abstaining from excess
- The act of tempering
- A temperance movement is a social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence, or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation.
- Temperance was a Canadian musical group, best known for its 1996 cover of the Alphaville song "Forever Young".
- Temperance (XIV) is the fourteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
- Temperance is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. It is typically described in terms of what an individual voluntarily refrains from doing...
- 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 ...
- Is a term that referred to moderation in the 1700's and early 1800's. However, the word was later used by prohibitionists to refer to abstinence. ...
