Temperance
noun
Self-restraint in action, including especially drinking alcohol.
She practiced temperance in drinking, and never had more than one glass of wine.
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- practice temperance
- temperance in drinking
noun
A social movement in the 18th and 19th centuries promoting moderation or elimination of alcohol.
The temperance movement led to the prohibition era in the United States.
Often appears as...
- temperance movement
- temperance society
noun
A card in tarot reading representing balance and moderation.
I drew the Temperance card in my tarot reading today, which suggests I need to find balance in my life.
Often appears as...
- temperance card
- drawn temperance
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noun
Self-restraint in action, including especially drinking alcohol.
She practiced temperance in drinking, and never had more than one glass of wine.
Often appears as...
- practice temperance
- temperance in drinking
noun
A social movement in the 18th and 19th centuries promoting moderation or elimination of alcohol.
The temperance movement led to the prohibition era in the United States.
Often appears as...
- temperance movement
- temperance society
noun
A card in tarot reading representing balance and moderation.
I drew the Temperance card in my tarot reading today, which suggests I need to find balance in my life.
Often appears as...
- temperance card
- drawn temperance
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that temperance can hold significant value in cultures focusing on self-control.
She's admired for her temperance in an environment that often indulges.
Pro Tip 2/3Behavioral Compliment
Using 'temperance' can express respect for someone's self-restraint in various situations.
His temperance during the negotiations earned him much respect.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Alcohol
Though often related to drinking, temperance applies to moderation in all actions.
She shows temperance in spending, saving a lot of her income.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that temperance can hold significant value in cultures focusing on self-control.
She's admired for her temperance in an environment that often indulges.
Pro Tip 2/3Behavioral Compliment
Using 'temperance' can express respect for someone's self-restraint in various situations.
His temperance during the negotiations earned him much respect.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Alcohol
Though often related to drinking, temperance applies to moderation in all actions.
She shows temperance in spending, saving a lot of her income.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that temperance can hold significant value in cultures focusing on self-control.
She's admired for her temperance in an environment that often indulges.
Pro Tip 2/3Behavioral Compliment
Using 'temperance' can express respect for someone's self-restraint in various situations.
His temperance during the negotiations earned him much respect.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Alcohol
Though often related to drinking, temperance applies to moderation in all actions.
She shows temperance in spending, saving a lot of her income.
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The philosophy of...
practical wisdom, the ability to navigate complex situations in a logical, informed, and calm manner; temperance, the exercise of self-restraint and moderation in all aspects of life; justice,
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The philosophy of...
practical wisdom, the ability to navigate complex situations in a logical, informed, and calm manner; temperance, the exercise of self-restraint and moderation in all aspects of life; justice,
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
The work of popular education, the temperance movement, the peace movement, are to a great extent carried on by the young. Their meetings show that the young understand one of their tasks: that of bringing together the different classes through social intercourse.
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Arthur Helps
British Historian
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
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Charles Kingsley
English Clergyman
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.
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Samuel Smiles
Scottish Author
Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.
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Philip Sidney
English Soldier
The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Health consists with temperance alone.
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
The work of popular education, the temperance movement, the peace movement, are to a great extent carried on by the young. Their meetings show that the young understand one of their tasks: that of bringing together the different classes through social intercourse.
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Arthur Helps
British Historian
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
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Charles Kingsley
English Clergyman
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.
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Samuel Smiles
Scottish Author
Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.
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Philip Sidney
English Soldier
The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Health consists with temperance alone.
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