Antonyms for temperateness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tem-per-it, tem-prit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛm pər ɪt, ˈtɛm prɪt


Definition of temperateness

Origin :
  • late 14c., of persons, "modest, forbearing, self-restrained," from Latin temperatus "restrained, regulated," from past participle of temperare "to moderate, regulate" (see temper (v.)). Applied to climates mid-15c.; temperate zone is attested from 1550s. Related: Temperately; temperateness.
  • As in abstemiousness : noun sobriety
Example sentences :
  • On the other hand, the aborigines should be far from the temperateness of marble.
  • Extract from : « The Art Of The Moving Picture » by Vachel Lindsay
  • Living in the strictest economy and temperateness, he hated anything like ostentation.
  • Extract from : « The History of "Punch" » by M. H. Spielmann
  • Eudoxus thought it was the good, his opinion being the weightier because of his temperateness.
  • Extract from : « The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. » by Various
  • The extreme suggestiveness, and yet the taste and temperateness of this costume, seemed to me inimitable.
  • Extract from : « Americans and Others » by Agnes Repplier
  • Hence, too, man himself is here freer of soul than elsewhere, for this temperateness of the climate prevails in all things.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cassiodorus » by Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

Synonyms for temperateness

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