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temperance

Entry Word:: temperance
Function:: noun

Text: an avoidance of extremes in oneʼs actions, beliefs, or habits<Mr. Grindell attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking>Synonymsmoderateness, moderation, temperatenessRelated Wordsconstraint, control, discipline, restraint, self-control, self-discipline; asceticism, austerity, frugality, mortification, sacrifice, self-denial, self-deprivation; abnegation, abstention, avoidance, eschewal, forbearance; modesty, rationality, reasonableness; abstinence, soberness, sobrietyNear Antonymsexcess, superfluity; extremeness, extremity; unconstraint, unrestraint; extremism, radicalness; irrationality, unreasonablenessAntonymsexcessiveness, immoderacy, intemperance, intemperateness

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