Antonyms for temperance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tem-per-uh ns, tem-pruh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛm pər əns, ˈtɛm prəns |
Definition of temperance
Origin :- mid-14c., "self-restraint, moderation," from Anglo-French temperaunce (mid-13c.), from Latin temperantia "moderation," from temperans, present participle of temperare "to moderate" (see temper). Latin temperantia was used by Cicero to translate Greek sophrosyne "moderation." In English, temperance was used to render Latin continentia or abstinentia, specifically in reference to drinking alcohol and eating; hence by early 1800s it came to mean "abstinence from alcoholic drink."
- noun self-restraint; abstinence
- This from the leader of the temperance movement in Radville?
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Economy may be styled the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the mother of Liberty.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Temperance in diet and exercise, with frequent washing and bathing, are the best means of preserving a healthful countenance.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- But let me ask you another question: Has excess of pleasure any affinity to temperance?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Certainly, he said, that is the true account of temperance whether in the State or individual.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Do you observe that we were not far wrong in our guess that temperance was a sort of harmony?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Justice and health of mind will be of the company, and temperance will follow after?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Nothing is said of the pre-existence of ideas of justice, temperance, and the like.
- Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
- For the courage and temperance of other men, if you will consider them, are really a contradiction.
- Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
- For I say that justice, temperance, and the like, are all of them parts of virtue as well as courage.
- Extract from : « Laches » by Plato
Synonyms for temperance
- abnegation
- abstemiousness
- asceticism
- astringency
- austerity
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- control
- discretion
- eschewal
- forbearance
- forgoing
- frugality
- golden mean
- happy medium
- measure
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mortification
- prohibition
- prudence
- reasonableness
- refrainment
- restraint
- sacrifice
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-deprivation
- self-discipline
- soberness
- sobriety
- stoicism
- teetotalism
- uninebriation
- unintoxication
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