State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation;
Noun
the act of tempering
Noun
abstaining from excess
Noun
the trait of avoiding excesses
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.
v. t.
Moderation of passion; patience; calmness;
sedateness.
v. t.
State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Temperance
He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance.3.
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation;
Usage Examples
Health consists with temperance alone.
Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
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Other Usage ExamplesBeing forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.
Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.
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