TEMPERANCE
\tˈɛmpəɹəns], \tˈɛmpəɹəns], \t_ˈɛ_m_p_ə_ɹ_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of TEMPERANCE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
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State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
By Oddity Software
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Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
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State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
By Noah Webster.
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Moderation; self-control, especially in the use of intoxicants.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Moderation. esp. in indulging the appetites.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The state of being temperate; moderation.
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Total abstinence from intoxicating drinks.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions ; restrained or moderate indulgence, as in eating or drinking;- especially, restraint in the use of spirituous or intoxicating liquors; sobriety ; abstinence;-patience ; calmness; sedateness.
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