intemperance

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in·tem·per·ance

(ĭn-tĕm′pər-əns, -prəns)

1. Lack of temperance, as in the indulgence of an appetite or a passion.

2. Excessive use of alcoholic beverages.

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in•tem•per•ance

(ɪnˈtɛm pər əns, -prəns)

n.

1. immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.

2. excessive indulgence of appetite or passion.

3. lack of moderation or restraint.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin]

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Noun	1.	intemperance - the quality of being intemperate unrestraint - the quality of lacking restraint gluttony - habitual eating to excess temperance, moderation - the trait of avoiding excesses
	2.	intemperance - consumption of alcoholic drinks intemperateness vice - a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community" boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking, drunkenness - the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
	3.	intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language" intemperateness, self-indulgence spree, fling - a brief indulgence of your impulses dissipation, licentiousness, profligacy, dissolution, looseness - dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure jag - a bout of drinking or drug taking humoring, indulging, pampering, indulgence - the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

intemperance

noun

Immoderate indulgence, as in food or drink:

excess, overindulgence, surfeit.

Translations

intemperanza

intemperance

[ɪnˈtempərəns] N (= lack of self-restraint) → intemperancia f, inmoderación f; (= drunkenness) → exceso m en la bebida

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intemperance

n (= lack of moderation) → Maßlosigkeit f, → Unmäßigkeit f; (= drunkenness) → Trunksucht f

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Or is the same control to be extended to other artists, and are they also to be prohibited from exhibiting the opposite forms of vice and intemperance and meanness and indecency in sculpture and building and the other creative arts; and is he who cannot conform to this rule of ours to be prevented from practising his art in our State, lest the taste of our citizens be corrupted by him?

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Millward,' suggested he, when at length that gentleman paused in his discourse, 'that when a child may be naturally prone to intemperance - by the fault of its parents or ancestors, for instance - some precautions are advisable?' (Now it was generally believed that Mr.

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So saying, he took off his cup with much gravity, at the same time shaking his head at the intemperance of the Scottish harper.

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To clear up which, I endeavoured to give some ideas of the desire of power and riches; of the terrible effects of lust, intemperance, malice, and envy.

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Spots appeared on his nose, the redness of which was evidently due to intemperance, and his mouth twitched nervously.

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When one reflects on the effect of intemperance on the aborigines of the two Americas, I think it will be acknowledged that every well-wisher of Tahiti owes no common debt of gratitude to the missionaries.

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Miss Dearborn gave her every sort of subject that she had ever been given herself: Cloud Pictures; Abraham Lincoln; Nature; Philanthropy; Slavery; Intemperance; Joy and Duty; Solitude; but with none of them did Rebecca seem to grapple satisfactorily.

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Few parts of the Constitution have been assailed with more intemperance than this; yet on a fair investigation of it, no part can appear more completely invulnerable.

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Murder, burglary, intemperance, or the minor vices you could have borne; but deceit you cannot abide."

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See, friend Ned, see the monstrous effects of intemperance!"

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Our friendship lasted, in this manner, for several years, during which my general temperament and character - through the instrumentality of the Fiend Intemperance - had (I blush to confess it) experienced a radical alteration for the worse.

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Suddenly a corner was turned, a blaze of light burst upon our sight, and we stood before one of the huge suburban temples of Intemperance - one of the palaces of the fiend, Gin.