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Webster 1913 Edition


Temperance

Tem′per-ance

,
Noun.
[L.
temperantia
: cf. F.
tempérance
. See
Temper
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation;
as,
temperance
in eating and drinking;
temperance
in the indulgence of joy or mirth
; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
2.
Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
[R.]
“A gentleman of all temperance.”
Shak.
He calmed his wrath with goodly
temperance
.
Spenser.
3.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Temperance

TEM'PERANCE

,
Noun.
[L. temperantia, from tempero.]
1.
Moderation; particularly, habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; as temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth. Temperance in eating and drinking is opposed to gluttony and drunkenness, and in other indulgences, to excess.
2.
Patience; calmness; sedateness; moderation of passion.
He calm'd his wrath with goodly temperance. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024


tempérance

tempérance

See also: temperance and Temperance

French

Noun

tempérance f (plural tempérances)

  1. temperance