Temperance

temperance
    n 1: the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: {temperance},
         {moderation}] [ant: {intemperance}]
    2: abstaining from excess [syn: {sobriety}, {temperance}]
    3: the act of tempering
    

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.
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   2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
      [R.] "A gentleman of all temperance." --Shak.
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            He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.]
      "Tender and delicate temperance." --Shak.
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   {Temperance society}, an association formed for the purpose
      of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as
      a beverage.
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Temperance, MI (CDP, FIPS 79240)
  Location: 41.76760 N, 83.57230 W
  Population (1990): 6542 (2326 housing units)
  Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 48182
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Temperance, MI
    Temperance
    

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "temperance":
      Rechabitism, 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, 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