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temperance
noun as in self-restraint; abstinence
Strong matches
- abnegation
- abstemiousness
- asceticism
- astringency
- austerity
- conservatism
- constraint
- continence
- control
- discretion
- forbearance
- forgoing
- frugality
- measure
- moderateness
- moderation
- moderatism
- mortification
- prohibition
- prudence
- reasonableness
- restraint
- sacrifice
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-discipline
- soberness
- sobriety
- stoicism
- teetotalism
Example Sentences
A Jewish homeland in backwaters of the Ottoman empire seemed unattainable, and pressing domestic concerns like slavery and temperance took precedence.
Mr. Patten, as implied, is sober to the point of temperance.
Some temperance is overdue in the AI space.
They recognized actual social change as extending beyond the idea of temperance, which they saw as a necessary but insufficient condition for improving the U.S. social order during the mid-19th century.
Early Free Methodists were active in the temperance and abolitionist movements.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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