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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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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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OpenAI said Sora includes multiple layers of safeguards meant to prevent unsafe content from being generated, using prompt filtering and output moderation across video frames and audio transcripts.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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The company also indicated the app lacked robust content moderation to block objectionable user-generation content.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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Everybody has a different story, and not everybody has the same view towards sobriety or even recovery.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Urban entered rehab and would go on to credit Kidman as being integral to his rehabilitation and sobriety.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement The Manning brothers' presence as executive producers ensured Chad Powers wasn't just a comedy about rebuilding but a football story rooted in preparation and discipline, down to the accuracy of Powell’s shotgun snaps.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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The discipline followed the coaches' backing of Reeve and their vocal criticisms of officials.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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On multiple occasions, Johnson has pointed the blame at those who flee police and credited officers with showing restraint in pursuits.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Those charges include four counts each of counterfeiting−delivery/possession of property and knowingly selling counterfeit, nonfunctional or noncompliant supplemental restraint systems.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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