Definitions for temperance
ˈtɛm pər əns, ˈtɛm prənstem·per·ance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. temperance, moderationnoun

   the trait of avoiding excesses

2. sobriety, temperancenoun

   abstaining from excess

3. temperancenoun

   the act of tempering

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. temperancenoun

   Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

2. temperancenoun

   Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

3. temperancenoun

   One of the seven heavenly virtues.

4. temperancenoun

   State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

5. temperancenoun

   temperance; the fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.

6. Temperancenoun

   A female given name from English.

7. Temperancenoun

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

8. Etymology: From temperance. A virtue name first used by Puritans in the 16th century.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Temperancenoun

   Etymology: temperantia, Lat.

   1. Moderation; opposed to gluttony and drunkenness.

   Well observe
   The rule of not too much; by temperance taught
   In what thou eat’st and drink’st; seeking from thence
   Due nourishment, no gluttonous delight. John Milton.

   Temperance, that virtue without pride, and fortune without envy, gives indolence of body and tranquillity of mind; the best guardian of youth and support of old age. William Temple.

   Make temperance thy companion; so shall health
   Sit on thy brow. Robert Dodsley, Agriculture.

   2. Patience; calmness; sedateness; moderation of passion.

   His senseless speech and doted ignorance,
   When as the noble prince had marked well;
   He calm’d his wrath with goodly temperance. Fa. Qu.

   What, are you chas’d?
   Ask God for temp’rance, that’s th’ appliance only
   Which your disease requires. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

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1. temperance

   Temperance refers to moderation or self-restraint in behavior or attitude, particularly in relation to desires or pleasures. It is associated with practices of abstaining from excess, especially in relation to alcohol or other substances.

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1. Temperanceverb

   habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors

2. Temperanceverb

   moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness

3. Temperanceverb

   state with regard to heat or cold; temperature

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1. Temperance

   Temperance is the fourteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Temperance

   tem′pėr-ans, n. moderation, esp. in the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions—in a narrower sense, moderation in the use of alcoholic liquors, and even entire abstinence from such.—Temperance hotel, one which professes to supply no alcoholic liquors; Temperance movement, a political agitation for the restriction or abolition of the use of alcoholic liquors; Temperance society, usually an association of total-abstainers from alcoholic liquors. [L. temperantia.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Temperance

   Abstinence from alcohol.

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1. temperance

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1. • Abstinence
   • Combination
   • Natural Virtue
   • Restraint

How to pronounce temperance?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of temperance in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of temperance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of temperance in a Sentence

1. Patrick Henry:

   Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of freemen. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.

2. Thomas Aquinas:

   Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

3. Samuel Smiles:

   Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.

4. Juvenal:

   The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy.

5. Sir Philip Sidney:

   The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=temperance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Temperance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=temperance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temperance
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=temperance
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=temperance