noun. Abstinence from or moderation in drinking alcoholic beverages. synonym: abstinence.

noun. Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.

noun. Moderation; the observance of moderation; temperateness.

noun. Particularly— Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; abstinence from all violence or excess, from inordinate or unseasonable indulgence, or from the use or pursuit of anything injurious to moral or physical well-being; sobriety; frugality: as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or grief; in a narrower sense, moderation in the use of alcoholic liquors, as beverages; or, in a still narrower sense as used by its advocates, entire abstinence from such liquors: in this sense also used attributively; as, a temperance society; a temperance hotel; a temperance lecture.

noun. Moderation of passion; self-restraint; self-control; calmness.

noun. The act of tempering or mixing; temperament.

noun. Moderate degree of temperature; equal state.

noun. Temperature.

noun. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; ; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

noun. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

noun. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

noun. an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.

noun. 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.

noun. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

noun. One of the seven heavenly virtues.

noun. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

noun. : temperance; the fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.

noun. abstaining from excess

noun. the trait of avoiding excesses

noun. the act of tempering

"It is as though you were to take a man into a cellar where there was a vast collection of what we call temperance drinks, and what the Americans call soft drinks."

intemperance  

Anti-Saloon League  National Prohibition Act  Prohibition  Prohibition Party  White Ribbon Recruit  

temper  temperament  temperamental  temperature  

ATS  American Temperance Society  LTL  Loyal Temperance Legion  TTS  

abstinence  combination  combining  compounding  

antislavery  chastity  decency  disinterestedness  fairness  

Rechabitism  abnegation  abstemiousness  abstinence  abstinence