temperance

tem·per·ance  (tmpr-ns, tmprns)

n.

1. Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.

2. Restraint in the use of or abstinence from alcoholic liquors. See Synonyms at abstinence.

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temperance [ˈtɛmpərəns]

n

1. restraint or moderation, esp in yielding to one's appetites or desires

2. abstinence from alcoholic drink

[from Latin temperantia, from temperāre to regulate]

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Temperance of cooks: a company of cooks—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	temperance - the trait of avoiding excesses       moderation natural virtue - (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature restraint, control - discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself" dryness, sobriety - moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs abstemiousness - moderation in eating and drinking intemperance - the quality of being intemperate
	2.	temperance - abstaining from excess sobriety abstinence - act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
	3.	temperance - the act of tempering compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole

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temperance

noun

1. teetotalism, abstinence, sobriety, abstemiousness a reformed alcoholic extolling the joys of temperance

2. moderation, restraint, self-control, self-discipline, continence, self-restraint, forbearance The age of hedonism was replaced by a new era of temperance.
moderation excess, intemperance, overindulgence, prodigality, immoderation

Quotations
"Temperance is the greatest of all the virtues" [Plutarch Moralia]

Translations

temperance [ˈtempərəns]

A. N

1. (= moderation) → templanza f (frm), moderación f

2. (= teetotalism) → abstinencia f de bebidas alcohólicas

B. CPD temperance hotel N → hotel m donde no se sirven bebidas alcohólicas
temperance movement N → campaña f antialcohólica

temperance [ˈtɛmp^ərəns] n

(= abstinence from alcohol) → tempérance f

(= moderation) → modération f

temperance

n

(= moderation) → Mäßigung f; (in speech etc) → Zurückhaltung f; (in eating, drinking) → Maßhalten nt, → Mäßigung f

(= teetotalism) → Enthaltsamkeit f, → Abstinenz f

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temperance:

temperance hotel

n → alkoholfreies Hotel

temperance movement

n → Temperenzler- or Temperenzbewegung f

temperance society

n → Temperenzverein m → or -gesellschaft f

temperance [ˈtɛmp/ər/əns] n (frm) (self-control) → moderazione f; (in drinking) → temperanza nel bere; (teetotalism) → astinenza dal bere

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temperance [ˈtɛmp/ər/əns] n (frm) (self-control) → moderazione f; (in drinking) → temperanza nel bere; (teetotalism) → astinenza dal bere