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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