Definition for Temperance:

• Moderation. esp. in indulging the appetites.

Synonyms for Temperance:

• n.

  •
  • dignity,
  • constraint,
  • discipline.
  •
  • not touch a drop,
  • edge,
  • stone-cold sober,
  • on the wagon,
  • sign/take the pledge,
  • sober.
  •
  • used,
  • Drugs.
  •abnegation (noun)
  • nixings,
  • self denial,
  • selfdenial,
  • sur-render,
  • sur render,
  • sur-renders,
  • giving ups,
  • eschewals,
  • sur renders.
  •abstinence (noun)
  • refrainings,
  • abstainings,
  • selfrestraint,
  • self control,
  • self restraint,
  • asceticisms.
  •act (noun)
  • temperance.
  •attribute (noun)
  • moderation.
  •austerity (noun)
  • de-termination,
  • selfdiscipline,
  • self disciplines,
  • de termination,
  • selfdisciplines,
  • self discipline,
  • self-disciplines,
  • chastenesses,
  • de terminations,
  • de-terminations.
  •chastity (noun)
  • sinlessnesses,
  • immaculacies,
  • spotlessnesses,
  • up-rightness,
  • up rightnesses,
  • up-rightnesses,
  • monogamies,
  • up rightness.
  •forbearance (noun)
  • living withs,
  • patientnesses,
  • longanimities,
  • going easy ons.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • don't,
  • prohibitions,
  • don'ts,
  • no-nos,
  • no-no's,
  • off limits,
  • DONT,
  • no-no.
  •prudence (noun)
  • fore sights,
  • canninesses,
  • fore thought,
  • fore-sight,
  • fore-sights,
  • fore thoughts,
  • fore-thought,
  • fore-thoughts,
  • fore sight,
  • judiciousnesses,
  • sophrosynes,
  • cautiousnesses.
  •self-restraint (noun)
  • continence.
  •self-restraint; abstinence (noun)
  • golden mean,
  • unintoxication,
  • soberness,
  • uninebriation,
  • self-control,
  • teetotalism,
  • frugality,
  • discretion,
  • stoicism,
  • self-denial,
  • sacrifice,
  • forgoing,
  • moderatism,
  • restraint,
  • happy medium,
  • astringency,
  • abstemiousness,
  • Refrainment,
  • conservatism,
  • control,
  • self-deprivation,
  • mortification.
  •sobriety (noun)
  • denial,
  • dryness.
  •temperance (noun)
  • conservation,
  • sober-mindedness.
  •virtue (noun)
  • worthiness,
  • high-mindedness,
  • good points,
  • ethicality,
  • good point,
  • trustworthiness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • willpower,
  • stiff upper lip,
  • teetotaler,
  • self-censorship,
  • teetotal.
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  • REHAB.
  •
  • rehabilitate.
  •
  • get together.
  •
  • measure.
  •
  • dry.
  •
  • straight.
  •altruism
  • self-renunciation.
  •evasion
  • avoidance.

Antonyms for Temperance:

• n.

  • attribute
    intemperance.
  • self-restraint; abstinence
    allowance, agitation, carelessness, indulgence, rashness, wildness, permission.
  • Other antonyms:
    immoderation, drunkenness, voraciousness, irrationality, greed, extremeness, unreasonableness, unrestraint, gluttony, sensuality, revelry, unconstraint, extremism, superfluity, hedonism, intoxication, rapaciousness, self-indulgence, wantonness, extremity, voracity, Immoderacy, excess, Radicalness, immoderateness, rapacity.

Temperance Sentence Examples:

• When I was about twenty - five years of age I was present at a temperance meeting at Lowell, held in an unfinished factory building called the Prescott Mills.

• We proceeded according to old Battle's slow pace to what I shall for convenience sake call the Independent Temperance Hotel, the guests of which were so alarmed at the strange noises in the streets that they came running out to ascertain the cause.

Hypernym for Temperance:

• n.

  • attribute
    dryness, abstemiousness, sobriety.

Hyponym for Temperance:

• n.

  • act
    combination, compounding, combining, abstinence.
  • attribute
    natural virtue, control, restraint.