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Intemperateness

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in·tem·per·ate  (n-tmpr-t, -prt)
adj.
Not temperate or moderate; excessive, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages.

in·temper·ate·ly adv.
in·temper·ate·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.intemperateness - consumption of alcoholic drinks
vice - a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking, drunkenness - the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
2.intemperateness - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"
spree, fling - a brief indulgence of your impulses
dissipation, licentiousness, profligacy, dissolution, looseness - dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
jag - a bout of drinking or drug taking
humoring, indulging, pampering, indulgence - the act of indulging or gratifying a desire


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Which is to say that her unruliness was a matter not of subversion, rebellion, or refusal but of the intemperateness of her embrace of "femininity.
 
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