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Synonyms for temperance
ˈtɛm pər əns, ˈtɛm prənstem·per·ance
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Temperancenoun
Antonyms:
gluttony, intemperancetemperancenoun
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.
Antonyms:
intemperance, gluttonytemperancenoun
Antonyms:
intemperance, gluttonytemperancenoun
Antonyms:
intemperance, gluttonytemperancenoun
Antonyms:
gluttony, intemperancetemperancenoun
Antonyms:
intemperance, gluttony
English Synonyms and Antonyms
temperance
Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.
Synonyms:
abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobrietyAntonyms:
drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonnessPreposition:
The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.
Princeton's WordNet
temperance, moderationnoun
the trait of avoiding excesses
Synonyms:
easing, mitigation, sobriety, relief, moderateness, moderationAntonyms:
intemperancesobriety, temperancenoun
abstaining from excess
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sombreness, graveness, dryness, gravity, moderation, somberness, soberness, sobrietyAntonyms:
intemperancetemperancenoun
the act of tempering
Synonyms:
sobriety, moderationAntonyms:
intemperance
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
temperancenoun
Synonyms:
moderation, sobriety, soberness, self-control
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
temperancenoun
Synonyms:
sobriety, nephalism, moderation
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#29589 | easing | |
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#54982 | continence | |
#95106 | frugality |
How to use temperance in a sentence?
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.
Wisdom alone is the true and unalloyed coin for which we ought to exchange all things, for this and with this everything is bought and sold?fortitude, temperance, and justice; in a word, true virtue subsists with wisdom.
Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half of the human race to misery.
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.
The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy.
Translations for temperance
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- الاعتدالArabic
- temperançaCatalan, Valencian
- umírněnost, uměníCzech
- Mäßigung, Enthaltsamkeit, Temperenz, Mäßigkeit im Alkoholgenuss, MäßigkeitGerman
- σωφροσύνηGreek
- templanzaSpanish
- tyyneys, itsehillintä, kohtuus, raittius, maltti, kohtuullisuusFinnish
- tempérance, sobriétéFrench
- megfontoltságHungarian
- temperanzaItalian
- 禁酒, 節制Japanese
- 절제Korean
- matiging, gematigheidDutch
- powściągliwość, umiarkowaniePolish
- temperançaPortuguese
- sobrietate, cumpătareRomanian
- трезвенность, умеренность, сдержанностьRussian
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