| NOUN | attribute | temperance, moderation | the trait of avoiding / avoiding excesses |
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| act | temperance, sobriety | abstaining from excess | |
| act | temperance | the act of tempering |
| Sounds | teh'mperahns; teh'mprahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | The trait of avoiding / avoiding excesses. | |
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| Synonym | moderation | |
| Narrower | abstemiousness | moderation in eating and drinking / drinking |
| sobriety, dryness | moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs | |
| Broader | natural virtue | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature |
| restraint, control | discipline in personal and social activities | |
| Opposite | intemperance | The quality of being intemperate |
| Spanish | moderación, temperancia, templanza | |
| Catalan | moderació, moderança, temprança | |
| Meaning | abstaining from excess. | |
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| Synonym | sobriety | |
| Broader | abstinence | Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite |
| Spanish | sobriedad, temperancia | |
| Meaning | The act of tempering. | |
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| Broader | combination, combining, compounding | The act of combining things to form a new whole / whole |
| Verbs | temper | harden by reheating and cooling in oil |
| temper | bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | |
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