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temperance

noun
/ˈtɛmpəɹəns/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman temperance, from Latin temperantia (“moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control”), from temperans, present participle of temperare (“to moderate”). See temper. English equivalent temper + -ance.

  1. derived from temperō — “(transitive) to divide or proportion duly, to moderate, to regulate; (intransitive) to be moderate, temperate”
  2. inherited from ġetemprian
  3. inherited from temperen
  4. suffixed as temperance — “temper + ance”

Definitions

  1. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions

    Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.

    • temperance in eating and drinking
    • temperance in the indulgence of joy
    • Who did begin their Feaſtes with Prayers; continue them with Temperance, and Sobrietie; eating no more then would ſuffice their hunger; drinking no more then would quench and ſatisfie their thirſt […]

  2. Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

    • So now the frauds reckoned they was out of danger, and they begun to work the villages again. ¶ First they done a lecture on temperance; but they didn't make enough for them both to get drunk on.
    • Public-houses, besides their usual exhortation against temperance reform, invited men to “Join our Christmas goose club”—one bottle of gin, etc., or two, according to subscription.

  3. Moderation of passion

    Moderation of passion; calmness.

    • […] in the verie Torrent, Tempeſt, and (as I may ſay) the Whirle-winde of Paſſion, you muſt acquire and beget a Temperance that may giue it Smoothneſſe.
    • Enough, you stand a traitor by my hearth, / And yet I draw not! Sir, I cannot pledge / This temperance long; the path of safety’s there.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. State with regard to heat or cold

      State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

      • It [the climate] must needs be of subtle, tender, and delicate temperance.

    2. A female given name from English.

    3. The fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.

The neighborhood

Derived

American Temperance Society, Loyal Temperance Legion, temperance association, temperance bar, temperance beverage, temperance chartism, temperance chartist, Temperance Colonization Society, temperance colony, temperance education, temperance group, temperance hotel, temperance journal, temperance lobby, temperance magazine, temperance meeting, temperance movement, temperance movement zealot, temperance norm, temperance organisation, temperance organization, temperance paper, temperance play, temperance pledge, temperance reading room, temperance society, temperance writer, Toronto Temperance Society, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Youth Temperance Council

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA