Synonyms for intemperance
ɪnˈtɛm pər əns, -prənsin·tem·per·ance

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1. intemperance

   Excess is more than enough of anything, and, since this in very many cases indicates a lack either of judgment or of self-control, the word is used frequently in an unfavorable sense. Careless expenditure in excess of income is extravagance; we may have also extravagance of language, professions, etc. As extravagance is excess in outlay, exorbitance is excess in demands, and especially in pecuniary demands upon others. Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality. Surplus is neutral, having none of the unfavorable meaning that often attaches to excess; a surplus is that which remains over after all demands are met. Redundance or redundancy refers chiefly to literary style, denoting an excess of words or matter. Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc.

   Synonyms:
   dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

   Antonyms:
   dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intemperancenoun

   the quality of being intemperate

   Synonyms:
   self-indulgence, intemperateness

   Antonyms:
   moderation, temperance

2. intemperance, intemperatenessnoun

   consumption of alcoholic drinks

   Synonyms:
   self-indulgence, intemperateness

   Antonyms:
   temperance, moderation

3. intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgencenoun

   excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence

   "the intemperance of their language"

   Synonyms:
   indulgence, self-indulgence, intemperateness

   Antonyms:
   temperance, moderation

Matched Categories

1. • Indulgence
   • Unrestraint
   • Vice

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1. intemperancenoun

   Synonyms:
   excess (in any action or in any indulgence), want of moderation

2. intemperancenoun

   Synonyms:
   habitual excess in drinking intoxicating liquors

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1. intemperancenoun

   Synonyms:
   excess, immoderation, debauchery

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1. Plutarch:

   Poverty is not dishonourable in itself, but only when it arises from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.