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intemperance

DEFINITIONS OF: intemperance

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n excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence

“the intemperance of their language”
Synonyms:
intemperateness, self-indulgence
Types:
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fling, spree
a brief indulgence of your impulses
dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
jag
a bout of drinking or drug taking
spending spree
a brief period of extravagant spending
Type of:
humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering
the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

n consumption of alcoholic drinks

Synonyms:
intemperateness
Types:
boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking, drunkenness
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
drinking bout
a long period of drinking
Type of:
vice
a specific form of evildoing

n the quality of being intemperate

Antonyms:
moderation, temperance
the trait of avoiding excesses
Types:
gluttony
habitual eating to excess
greediness, hoggishness, piggishness
an excessive desire for food
edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity
extreme gluttony
Type of:
unrestraint
the quality of lacking restraint
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