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
The temperance drive didn’t work so well, but the caffeine fixation stuck.
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Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 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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Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 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
See All Example Sentences for temperance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperance
Noun
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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
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The Catholic Church believes intercourse should only happen between married couples and teaches abstinence for all others.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Expectations are for some moderation from last month’s pace, but the data will be watched for signs that tariffs or the softening job market might be weighing on spending.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The major platforms have also reduced their content moderation efforts over the past year or so.—
Annie Margaret,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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With the frequently audible director alternating between frat boy giddiness and genuine concern at Sheen’s antics, the actor appears entirely in control, a product of seven years of professed sobriety.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Other turning points, like Sheen’s final commitment to sobriety, are simply glossed over.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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That sequencing discipline — contracts and notaries first, token sale last — is what turns digital claims into enforceable assets.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Dividend growers also tend to be leaders in their subsectors, having demonstrated capital discipline in terms of reinvesting in their business and generating stockholder payouts, said Matt Quinlan, portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cox also called for restraint in reaction to Kirk’s assassination, noting that residents of Utah did not riot or loot or engage in violence, and instead held vigils and said prayers.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Despite efforts by the Biden administration to constrain the spyware market through its executive order, trade and visa restrictions, and sanctions, the industry has continued to operate largely without restraint.—
Vas Panagiotopoulos,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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This includes the five major types: stress incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, overflow incontinence, and functional continence.—
Jamin Brahmbhatt,
Verywell Health,
29 July 2024
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Good posture helps maintain continence, support pelvic organs, and reduce back pain.—
Staci Tanouye,
Parents,
29 Aug. 2023
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 17 Sep. 2025.
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