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Temperance logo #10101) Abstaining from excess 2) Canadian house music group 3) Control 4) English girl name 5) French word used in English 6) Moderation 7) Natural virtue 8) One of the cardinal virtues 9) Restraint 10) Soberness 11) Sobriety 12) The act of tempering
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Temperance logo #10101) Abstemiousness 2) Continence 3) Moderation 4) Restraint 5) Sobriety
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  1. the trait of avoiding excesses
  2. abstaining from excess
  3. the act of tempering

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Temperance logo #21000[Scotland] The Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom under which voters in small local areas in Scotland were enabled to hold a poll to vote on whether their area remained `wet` or went `dry` (that is, whether alcoholic drinks should be permitted or prohibited). The decision was made on a simple ma...
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Temperance logo #21000[Tarot card] Temperance (XIV) is the fourteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination. == Description == A. E. Waite was a key figure in the development of modern Tarot interpretations. (Wood, 1998.) However, not all interpretations follow his ideas. It is important t...
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Temperance logo #21000[virtue] Temperance is the espousal of moderation, marked by personal restraint. It has been studied by religious thinkers, philosophers, and more recently, psychologists, particularly in the positive psychology movement. Upheld as a virtue throughout time and across cultures, it was one of the cardinal virtues in Greek philosophy, being be...
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Temperance logo #21002• (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. • (v. t.) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. • (v. t.) 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 ...
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temperance logo #20973Abstinence from alcohol. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Temperance logo #20972Tem'per·ance noun [ Latin temperantia : confer French tempérance . See Temper , transitive verb ] 1. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temp...
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temperance logo #20001 abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation 
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temperance logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: tem′pĕr-ănts Definitions: 1. Moderation in all things; however, abstinence from the use of alcoholic beverages.
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temperance logo #21477The temperance movement started in the 19th century to encourage people to stop drinking alcohol. Temperance Societies were formed in a number of countries including the United States, Ireland, Scotland and England.
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Temperance logo #22986The proper control of one’s desires and one of the four cardinal virtues in the Catholic tradition. It’s often associated with abstaining from alcohol (see Temperance Movement) (McBrien 1995:1244).
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temperance logo #20400[n] - the trait of avoiding excesses 2. [n] - the act of tempering
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temperance logo #21009temperance 1. Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression. 2. Restraint in the use of or abstinence from alcoholic liquors. Another meaning of Latin temperare was 'to restrain oneself', which has come through into the derivatives temperance and temperate.
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temperance logo #20974 noun the trait of avoiding excesses
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Temperance logo #23177Temperance is an English name for girls. The meaning is `moderation` The name Temperance is most commonly given to French girls. (2 times more often than to American girls.)
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