temperance
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Substantiivi
temperance englanniksi
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.
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(quote-book)|publisher=Augustine Matthews|location=London|page=22|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_healthes-sicknesse-or-_prynne-william_1628/page/22/mode/1up|text=''Who did begin their Feaſtes with Prayers; continue them with Temperance, and Sobrietie; eating no more then would ſuffice their hunger; drinking no more then would quench and ſatisfie their thirſt'' (..)
(RQ:Doyle Study in Scarlet)
(quote-book)
Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
(RQ:Twain Huckleberry Finn)
(RQ:Forster Howards End)
(quote-book); David M. Katzman; Paul D. Escott; Howard P. Chudacoff; Thomas G. Paterson; M. Tuttle Jr.|William M. Tuttle, Jr.|title=A People and a Nation: A History of the United States|publisher=Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin Company|location=Boston|page=326|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/peopleandnationa00tunb/page/326/mode/1up|text=Evangelists organized an association for each issue—temperance, education, Sabbath observance, antidueling, and later antislavery; collectively these groups formed a national web of benevolent and moral reform societies.
Moderation of passion; calmness.
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(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet) in the verie Torrent, Tempeſt, and (as I may ſay) the Whirle-winde of Paſſion, you muſt acquire and beget a Temperance that may giue it Smoothneſſe.
(RQ:Guardian) Those who were being charitable asked for temperance. Our government surely had a credible plan? Somewhere. Right?
State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
(RQ:Shakespeare Tempest)