'Temperance' definitions:
Definition of 'temperance'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance, moderation] [ant: intemperance]
noun
Abstaining from excess [syn: sobriety, temperance]
noun
The act of tempering
Definition of 'Temperance'
From: GCIDE
- Temperance \Tem"per*ance\, n. [L. temperantia: cf. F. temp['e]rance. See Temper, v. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. [R.] "A gentleman of all temperance." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.] "Tender and delicate temperance." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Temperance society, an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'temperance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegation,
- abstemiousness,
- abstinence,
- asceticism,
- austerity,
- calm,
- calmness,
- cardinal virtues,
- charity,
- conservatism,
- constraint,
- continence,
- control,
- cool,
- dispassion,
- eschewal,
- evenness,
- faith,
- forbearance,
- forgoing,
- fortitude,
- gentleness,
- golden mean,
- gravity,
- happy medium,
- hope,
- impartiality,
- judiciousness,
- juste-milieu,
- justice,
- lenity,
- love,
- measure,
- meden agan,
- middle way,
- mildness,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- moderationism,
- mortification,
- natural virtues,
- neutrality,
- nonviolence,
- nothing in excess,
- pacifism,
- prohibition,
- prudence,
- reasonableness,
- Rechabitism,
- refrainment,
- repose,
- restraint,
- sacrifice,
- sedateness,
- self-abnegation,
- self-control,
- self-denial,
- self-discipline,
- self-restraint,
- serenity,
- seriousness,
- sober-mindedness,
- soberness,
- sobersidedness,
- sobersides,
- sobriety,
- solemnity,
- stability,
- staidness,
- steadiness,
- supernatural virtues,
- teetotalism,
- temperateness,
- theological virtues,
- tranquillity,
- undrunkenness,
- unexcessiveness,
- unextravagance,
- unextremeness,
- uninebriatedness,
- unintoxicatedness,
- via media
Temperance, MI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Michigan
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Temperance, MI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Michigan
Population (2000) :
7757
Housing Units (2000) :
2953
Land area (2000) :
4.595331 sq. miles (11.901851 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.053023 sq. miles (0.137329 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.648354 sq. miles (12.039180 sq. km)
FIPS code :
79240
Located within :
Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location :
41.760748 N, 83.575192 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
48182
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Temperance'
- Temper,
- Temperable,
- Temperancy,
- Temperate,
- Temperately,
- Temperateness,
- Temperative,
- Tempered,
- Temperer,
- Tempering,
- Ill temper,
- Temper screw,
- Temperance society,
- Temperance, MI,
- Temperate zone,
- Tempered glass,
- Tempering color,
- bad temper,
- even tempered,
- good temper,
- quick temper,
- short temper,
- temper tantrum,
- temperate bacteriophage,
- Good-tempered,
- Ill-tempered,
- bad-tempered,
- cold-temperate,
- even-tempered,
- hot-tempered,
- lose one's temper,
- north temperate zone,
- quick-tempered,
- short-tempered,
- south temperate zone,
- temperate rain forest,
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
- Women's Christian Temperance Union,
- equable even-tempered good-tempered placid,
- choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered,
- shirty snorty ill-tempered or annoyed,
- crabbed crabby cross fussy fussbudgety grouchy grumpy bad-tempered ill-tempered