1
as in temperateness
an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
my father attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking
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as in abstinence
voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
practices a blue-blooded temperance that his parvenu neighbors will never understand
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Recent Examples of temperance
Eureka Springs, Arkansas The entire downtown of Eureka Springs is part of the National Register of Historic Places: Admire the preserved Victorian architecture and make special note of Hatchet Hall, the former clapboard home of hatchet-wielding temperance movement leader Carry A. Nation.
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Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
As a side note to this pledge, some temperance pledges allowed for beer and wine.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 June 2025
Her followers marched in drinking institutions and demanded change and many of the disgruntled or bullied patrons signed statements of temperance.
—Arkansas Online, 10 May 2025
Advocates of temperance have attacked the more positive report, while the alcohol industry assailed the more critical one.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
As a side note to this pledge, some temperance pledges allowed for beer and wine.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 June 2025
Her followers marched in drinking institutions and demanded change and many of the disgruntled or bullied patrons signed statements of temperance.
—Arkansas Online, 10 May 2025
Advocates of temperance have attacked the more positive report, while the alcohol industry assailed the more critical one.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperance
Noun
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Many of the efforts to help kids navigate social media are sold with the throwback language of abstinence and purity.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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Since a key tenet of the Shakers was lifelong abstinence, those numbers have naturally dwindled.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The best deals for consumers, and the best outcomes for public health, come not from chasing THC percentages but from embracing moderation.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Just remember moderation and consult your team!—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Minor failed a field sobriety test.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Oct. 2025
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There’ll be a few challenges for him, one of them being his sobriety and addiction issues.—
Alamin Yohannes,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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How has intersecting those two disciplines (acting and music) been like when creating the album’s concept?—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
21 Oct. 2025
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Beyond Film serves as a community hub for attendees, offering artist discussions, conversations with filmmakers and experts from various disciplines, and opportunities for audience engagement.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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While objecting to restraints, Robinson’s attorneys agree with the sheriff that the court should limit or ban video and photographic coverage of proceedings.—
Stepheny Price , Melissa Chrise,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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To complement the architecture’s rigor, the current owners turned to designer André Mellone of Studio Mellone, known for his elegant restraint and understanding of proportion.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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The pelvic floor supports the pelvic organs (the bladder, uterus and bowel), controls the body’s continence mechanisms and helps with core stability.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The pelvic floor muscles need to work in a coordinated pattern, relaxing to allow urine to flow and contracting to maintain continence, said Alexis E. Te, MD, a professor of urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told Verywell.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Saint Anthony was an Egyptian monk whose relics were brought to France during the Crusades in the Middle Ages, after inspiring many people to take up seclusion and self-denial.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Crace transports readers two thousand years into the past to a stark Biblical landscape full of visceral encounters, violence, self-denial, and possible miracles.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Her vocation requires the skill of transformation and self-abnegation, as well as a receptiveness to language and emotion not her own.—
Jordan Kisner,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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The audience responds gratefully to this level of self-abnegation, and the frankly chilling sounds that come out of her.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Temperance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperance. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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