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Definition of Temperance

Temperance 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. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. Related Definitions: Abstinence, And, As, Calmness, Cold, Drinking, Eating, Habitual, Heat, In, Indulgence, Intoxicating, Joy, Mirth, Moderate, Moderation, Natural, Of, Or, Passion, Patience, Regard, Respect, Restrained, Sometimes, Specifically, State, Temperance, Temperature, The, To, Using, With

Temperance Quotations A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. C. S. Lewis Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. Aristotle Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. Lord Chesterfield Health consists with temperance alone. Alexander Pope Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Temperance Translations temperance in Spanish is templanza, frugalidad

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