intemperance

in·tem·per·ance

noun \(ˌ)in-ˈtem-p(ə-)rən(t)s\

Definition of INTEMPERANCE

: lack of moderation; especially : habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants

Examples of INTEMPERANCE

1. <in his harangue on the perils of drink, the prohibitionist claimed that intemperance has always been the number one destroyer of marriages>
2. <there's a wearisome intemperance in his verbal attacks against any and all who dare to disagree with him>

First Known Use of INTEMPERANCE

15th century

Related to INTEMPERANCE

Synonyms: alcoholism, drunkenness, insobriety, intemperateness

Antonyms: sobriety, temperance

Related Words: inebriety, intoxication; bibulousness, dipsomania; debauchery, dissoluteness

Near Antonyms: abstention, abstinence, teetotalism

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