| NOUN | act | intemperateness, intemperance | consumption of alcoholic drinks |
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| act | intemperateness, intemperance, self-indulgence | excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence |
| Meaning | consumption of alcoholic drinks. | |
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| Synonym | intemperance | |
| Narrower | drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence | The act of drinking / drinking alcoholic beverages to excess |
| Broader | vice | A specific form of evildoing |
| Adjectives | intemperate | given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors |
| Meaning | excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence. | |
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| Synonyms | intemperance, self-indulgence | |
| Narrower | jag | A bout of drinking or drug taking |
| profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness | dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | |
| spree, fling | A brief indulgence of your impulses | |
| Broader | indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring | The act of indulging or gratifying a desire |
| Spanish | intemperancia | |
| Catalan | intemperància | |
| Adjectives | intemperate | excessive in behavior |
| intemperate | given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors | |
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