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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.
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temperance
mid-14c., "self-restraint, moderation," from Anglo-Fr. temperaunce (mid-13c.), from L. temperantia "moderation," from temperans, prp. of temperare "to moderate" (see temper). L. temperantia was used by Cicero to translate Gk. sophrosyne "moderation." In Eng., temperance was
EXPANDused to render L. continentia or abstinentia, specifically in reference to drinking alcohol and eating; hence by early 1800s it came to mean "abstinence from alcoholic drink."
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temperance tem·per·ance (těm'pər-əns, těm'prəns)
n.
Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.
Restraint in the use of or abstinence from alcoholic liquors.
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