Definition of temperance

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Temperance (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

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Apostle :: Apostle (n.) The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance..
Attemperance :: Attemperance (n.) Temperance; attemperament.
Acrasy :: Acrasy (n.) Excess; intemperance.
Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) 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..
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils..
Debauchee :: Debauchee (v. t.) One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.
Templar :: Templar (n.) One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars..
Debauchedness :: Debauchedness (n.) The state of being debauched; intemperance.
Temperateness :: Temperateness (n.) The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Proceeding from temperance.
Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.
Debilitate :: Debilitate (v. t.) To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance..
Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet..
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc..
Sobriety :: Sobriety (n.) Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety..
Debauchery :: Debauchery (n.) Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness..
Vice :: Vice (n.) A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance..
Temperancy :: Temperancy (n.) Temperance.
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