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Webster 1913 Edition
Temperance
1.
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation;
as,
; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors. temperance
in eating and drinking; temperance
in the indulgence of joy or mirth2.
Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
[R.]
“A gentleman of all temperance.” Shak.
He calmed his wrath with goodly
temperance
. Spenser.
3.
State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
[Obs.]
“Tender and delicate temperance.” Shak.
Temperance society
, an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.
Webster 1828 Edition
Temperance
TEM'PERANCE
,Noun.
1.
Moderation; particularly, habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; as temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth. Temperance in eating and drinking is opposed to gluttony and drunkenness, and in other indulgences, to excess.2.
Patience; calmness; sedateness; moderation of passion. He calm'd his wrath with goodly temperance. [Unusual.]
Definition 2024
Temperance
Temperance
See also: temperance and tempérance
English
Proper noun
Temperance
- A female given name.
- (tarot) The fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.
temperance
temperance
See also: Temperance and tempérance
English
Alternative forms
- temperaunce (obsolete)
Noun
temperance (plural temperances)
- 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
- moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
- (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
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habitual moderation
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moderation of passion
one of seven virtues
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state with regard to heat or cold — see temperature
Tarot card
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