intemperance

[in-tem-per-uhns, -pruhns] Example Sentences

in·tem·per·ance

[in-tem-per-uhns, -pruhns]
noun
1.
excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
2.
excessive indulgence of appetite or passion.
3.
lack of moderation or due restraint, as in action or speech.
4.
an act or instance of any of these: a long series of intemperances.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin intemperantia. See in-3, temperance
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Example Sentences
  • There is in their actions every evidence of intemperance.
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World English Dictionary
intemperate (ɪnˈtɛmpərɪt, -prɪt)
 
adj
1.  consuming alcoholic drink habitually or to excess
2.  indulging bodily appetites to excess; immoderate
3.  unrestrained: intemperate rage
4.  extreme or severe: an intemperate climate
 
in'temperance
 
n
 
in'temperateness
 
n
 
in'temperately
 
adv

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