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as in temperateness
an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
my father attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking
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as in abstinence
voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
practices a blue-blooded temperance that his parvenu neighbors will never understand
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Recent Examples of temperance
His ideas found a warm reception in the United States at the onset of the Progressive Era, as Americans preached simplicity and the control of passions (temperance was by then a mass movement) with an almost religious zeal.
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The original temperance movement similarly popularized a number of new beverages, such as sodas and fruit juices.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Asked about how Kia will respond to tariffs from the Trump administration, the CEO projected temperance.
—Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
For instance, courage can lead to recklessness without temperance or result in cowardice when deficient.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The original temperance movement similarly popularized a number of new beverages, such as sodas and fruit juices.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Asked about how Kia will respond to tariffs from the Trump administration, the CEO projected temperance.
—Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
For instance, courage can lead to recklessness without temperance or result in cowardice when deficient.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperance
Noun
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If your health, your sense of yourself, and your general feeling-tone are improved by abstinence, more power to you.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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In the United States, the dominant view on how to manage addiction has traditionally been that abstinence is the best solution.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Celebrating his first year of sobriety in 2017, Neal shared a message on Instagram, thanking Ruvé for her guidance.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Stonier reportedly failed field sobriety testing at the scene and was taken into custody, the warrant affidavit said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2025
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Finch was unimpressed with his team’s offensive game plan discipline in the face of a desperate defense.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2025
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Harvard must investigate and carry out meaningful discipline for all violations that occurred during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years, including the Harvard Business School protest of October 2023, the University Hall sit-in of November 2023, and the spring encampment of 2024.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The holding was manifestly correct, but the dicta may be equally important in counseling greater restraint on both sides.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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After three consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Final from 2020-22, the combination of age and salary-cap restraints had diminished the Tampa Bay roster.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2025
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This includes the five major types: stress incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, overflow incontinence, and functional continence.—
Jamin Brahmbhatt,
Verywell Health,
29 July 2024
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Good posture helps maintain continence, support pelvic organs, and reduce back pain.—
Staci Tanouye,
Parents,
29 Aug. 2023
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Oct. 2024
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Mar. 2012
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Her vocation requires the skill of transformation and self-abnegation, as well as a receptiveness to language and emotion not her own.—
Jordan Kisner,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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The audience responds gratefully to this level of self-abnegation, and the frankly chilling sounds that come out of her.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Temperance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperance. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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