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

Noun

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

2. abstinence from alcoholic drink [Latin temperare 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

noun 2. moderation, restraint, self-control, self-discipline, continence, self-restraint, forbearance << OPPOSITE excess

Translations

temperance [ˈtɛmpərns] n → moderación f;

(in drinking) → sobriedad f

temperance [ˈtɛmpərns] n → modération f;

(in drinking) → tempérance f

temperance [ˈtɛmpərns] n → moderazione f;

(in drinking) → temperanza nel bere