Definition of temperance

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

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Chaplain :: Chaplain (n.) Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge..
Temperate :: Temperate (v. t.) Proceeding from temperance.
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc..
Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence..
Attemperance :: Attemperance (n.) Temperance; attemperament.
Crapulence :: Crapulence (n.) The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.
Sobriety :: Sobriety (n.) Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety..
Distemperance :: Distemperance (n.) Distemperature.
Debauchery :: Debauchery (n.) Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness..
Intemperance :: Intemperance (n.) The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions..
Temperateness :: Temperateness (n.) The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
Excess :: Excess (n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
Temperancy :: Temperancy (n.) Temperance.
Mediocrity :: Mediocrity (n.) Moderation; temperance.
Insobriety :: Insobriety (n.) Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness..
Crusade :: Crusade (n.) Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance..
Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
Abstemiousness :: Abstemiousness (n.) The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance..
Destructive :: Destructive (a.) Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth..
Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
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