temperance
tem·per·ance
noun \ˈtem-p(ə-)rən(t)s, -pərn(t)s\Definition of TEMPERANCE
1
: moderation in action, thought, or feeling : restraint
2
a : habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions b : moderation in or abstinence from the use of alcoholic beverages
Examples of TEMPERANCE
- The minister preached about temperance.
- <my father attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking>
Origin of TEMPERANCE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin temperantia, from temperant-, temperans, present participle of temperare to moderate, be moderate
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to TEMPERANCE
Related Words: constraint, control, discipline, restraint, self-control, self-discipline; middle-of-the-roadism; asceticism, austerity, frugality, mortification, sacrifice, self-command, self-containment, self-denial, self-mastery; abnegation, abstention, avoidance, eschewal, forbearance; rationality, rationalness, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibility, sensibleness; abstinence, soberness, sobriety, teetotalism
Near Antonyms: excess, superfluity; extremeness, extremity; unconstraint, unrestraint; extremism, radicalness; irrationality, unreasonableness; insobriety
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