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temperance

[ tem-per-uhns, tem-pruhns ]

noun

  1. moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
  2. habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion, especially in the use of alcoholic liquors.
  3. total abstinence from alcoholic liquors.


temperance

/ ˈ³ÙÉ›³¾±èÉ™°ùÉ™²Ô²õ /

noun

  1. restraint or moderation, esp in yielding to one's appetites or desires
  2. abstinence from alcoholic drink
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of temperance1

1200–50; Middle English temperaunce < Anglo-French < Latin temperantia self-control. See temper, -ance
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of temperance1

C14: from Latin temperantia, from ³Ù±ð³¾±è±ð°ùÄå°ù±ð to regulate
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They recognized actual social change as extending beyond the idea of temperance, which they saw as a necessary but insufficient condition for improving the U.S. social order during the mid-19th century.

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Early Free Methodists were active in the temperance and abolitionist movements.

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Whether teetotaling, temperance or virgin, they’re just drinks, after all — though I suppose their intricacy beyond fresh-squeezed juice demands we label them something nobler.

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Our affect becomes less impacted by the precarity of external events and instead, we can concentrate on cultivating certain virtues like wisdom, courage, justice and temperance.

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In Scotland, it was cooler, and in Wales, social forces were gathering against it, including the temperance movement.

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