temperance
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1 temperance
The trait of avoiding excesses.
synoniem: moderation.
Roget 953: temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness. forbearance, abnegation; self-denial, self-restraint, self-control etc. (resolution) 604. frugality; vegetarianism, ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: maat, matigheid
2 temperance
Abstaining from excess.
synoniem: sobriety.
Roget 958: sobriety; teetotalism. temperance etc. 953. water-drinker; hydropot†; prohibitionist; teetotaler, teetotalist; abstainer, Good Templar, band of hope.
Nederlands: geheelonthouding
3 temperance
The act of tempering.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: Rechabitism, abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, austerity, calm, calmness, cardinal virtues, charity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, dispassion, eschewal, evenness, faith, forbearance ... meer laten zien.
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