temperance
temperance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. [R.] "A gentleman of all temperance." Shak. He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance. Spenser.
- 2.State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.] "Tender and delicate temperance." Shak. Temperance society, an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abnegation
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- abstinent
- alcoholic
- are
- band
- behavior
- cardinal
- compass
- credit
- deny
- desert
- discharge
- driver
- dry
- duty
- enough
- ethics
- excellence
- forbear
- forbearance
- frugal
- frugality
- fulfillment
- good
- gymnosophist
- had
- has
- hope
- innocence
- integrity
- judge
- know
- life
- limit
- measured
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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