View source for Temperance

==English==
{{wikipedia|temperance (virtue)}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# [[habitual|Habitual]] [[moderation]] in regard to the [[indulgence]] of the [[natural]] [[appetite]]s and [[passions]]; [[restrain]]ed or [[moderate]] indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes [[abstinence]], in respect to using [[intoxicate|intoxicating]] [[liquor]]s.
#* '''1877''', [[w:Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle]], ''[[w:A Study in Scarlet|A Study in Scarlet]]''
#*: On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the '''temperance''' and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.
# [[moderation|Moderation]] of [[passion]]; [[patience]]; [[calmness]]; [[sedateness]].
# {{obsolete}} State with regard to [[heat]] or [[cold]]; [[temperature]].
# Tarot card.

====Antonyms====
* [[intemperance]]

===Related terms===
* [[temper]]
* [[temperament]]
* [[temperamental]]
* [[temperature]]

===Derived terms===
* [[American Temperance Society]] ([[ATS]])
* [[Loyal Temperance Legion]] ([[LTL]])
* [[temperance association]]
* [[temperance bar]]
* [[temperance chartism]]
* [[temperance chartist]]
* [[Temperance Colonization Society]]
* [[temperance colony]]
* [[temperance education]]
* [[temperance group]]
* [[temperance hotel]]
* [[temperance journal]]
* [[temperance lobby]]
* [[temperance magazine]]
* [[temperance meeting]]
* [[temperance movement]]
* [[temperance movement zealot]]
* [[temperance norm]]
* [[temperance organisation]], [[temperance organization]]
* [[temperance paper]]
* [[temperance pledge]]
* [[temperance reading room]]
* [[temperance society]]
* [[temperance writer]]
* [[Toronto Temperance Society]] ([[TTS]])
* [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] ([[WCTU]])
* [[Youth Temperance Council]] ([[YTC]])

===Verbs for Temperance===

advocate—; campaign for—; commend—;
exhort—; laud—; pledge—; promote—; — abstains; —allays; —alleviates; —chastens;
—composes; —denies; —forbears; —mitigates; —moderates; —refrains; —sobers; — softens; —spares; —tranquillizes.

===Thesaurus===
[[Rechabitism]], [[abnegation]], [[abstemiousness]], [[abstinence]], [[asceticism]], [[austerity]], [[calm]], [[calmness]], [[cardinal virtues]], [[charity]], [[conservatism]], [[constraint]], [[continence]], [[control]], [[cool]], [[dispassion]], [[eschewal]], [[evenness]], [[faith]], [[forbearance]], [[forgoing]], [[fortitude]], [[gentleness]], [[golden mean]], [[gravity]], [[happy medium]], [[hope]], [[impartiality]], [[judiciousness]], [[juste-milieu]], [[justice]], [[lenity]], [[love]], [[measure]], [[meden agan]], [[middle way]], [[mildness]], [[moderateness]], [[moderation]], [[moderationism]], [[mortification]], [[natural virtues]], [[neutrality]], [[nonviolence]], [[nothing in excess]], [[pacifism]], [[prohibition]], [[prudence]], [[reasonableness]], [[refrainment]], [[repose]], [[restraint]], [[sacrifice]], [[sedateness]], [[self-abnegation]], [[self-control]], [[self-denial]], [[self-discipline]], [[self-restraint]], [[serenity]], [[seriousness]], [[sober-mindedness]], [[soberness]], [[sobersidedness]], [[sobersides]], [[sobriety]], [[solemnity]], [[stability]], [[staidness]], [[steadiness]], [[supernatural virtues]], [[teetotalism]], [[temperateness]], [[theological virtues]], [[tranquillity]], [[undrunkenness]], [[unexcessiveness]], [[unextravagance]], [[unextremeness]], [[uninebriatedness]], [[unintoxicatedness]], [[via media]]

===Etymology===
See etymology of "to [[temper]]".

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|En-us-temperance.ogg|Audio (US)}}

==Translations==
{{trans-top|habitual moderation}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|of alcohol}} {{t|cmn|戒酒|tr=jièjiǔ|sc=Hani}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|matiging|f}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|kohtuus}}, {{t-|fi|itsehillintä}}, {{t-|fi|raittius}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sobriété|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: [[Mäßigung]] {{f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|禁酒|tr=きんしゅ, kinshu}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|sobrietate|f}}, {{t|ro|cumpătare|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|умеренность|f|tr=umérennost'}},  {{t|ru|сдержанность|f|tr=sdéržannost'}},  {{t|ru|трезвенность|f|tr=trézvennost'}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|moderation of passion}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|itsehillintä}}, {{t-|fi|maltti}}, {{t-|fi|tyyneys}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sobriété|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: [[Mäßigung]] {{f}}, {{t|de|Enthaltsamkeit|f}}, {{t|de|Mäßigkeit im Alkoholgenuss|f}}, {{t|de|Temperenz|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|Tarot card}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[la temperança]]
* Czech: {{t+|cs|umění}}, {{t-|cs|umírněnost}}
* Dutch: [[gematigheid]]
* French: [[la tempérance]]
* German: [[die Mäßigkeit]]
* Hungarian: [[megfontoltság]]
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: [[la temperanza]]
* Japanese: [[節制]]
* Korean: [[절제]]
* Polish: [[umiarkowanie]], [[powściągliwość]]
* Portuguese: [[a temperança]]
* Spanish: [[la templanza]]
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===See also===
* [[anti-prohibitionist]], [[antiprohibitionist]]
* [[Anti-Saloon League]]
* [[blind pig]]
* [[blind tiger]]
* [[bootlegger]]
* [[bootlegging]]
* [[dry]], the [[dries]]
* [[dry faction]]
* [[National Prohibition Act]]
* [[prohibition]]
* [[Prohibition]]
* [[prohibitionary]]
* [[prohibitionist]]
* [[Prohibition Party]]
* [[pro-prohibitionist]], [[proprohibitionist]]
* [[speakeasy]]
* [[speakeasy club]]
* [[wet]], the [[wets]]
* [[wet faction]]
* [[White Ribbon Recruit]]
* [[White Ribbon Recruits]]