Definitions for intemperance

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intemperance in·tem·per·ance

Spelling: [in-tem-per-uh ns, -pruh ns]

IPA: /ɪnˈtɛm pər əns, -prəns/

Intemperance is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 1029 anagrams from letters in intemperance (aceeeimnnprt).

Definitions for intemperance

noun

1. excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
2. excessive indulgence of appetite or passion.
3. lack of moderation or due restraint, as in action or speech.
4. an act or instance of any of these:

Origin of intemperance

First recorded in 1400-50; late Middle English word from Latin word intemperantia. See in-³, temperance

Examples for intemperance

The bed of enjoyment succeeded to the board of intemperance.

A teacher may also, at any time, be dismissed for intemperance or any immoral conduct.

Which speaks of an intemperance in the splenetic parenchyma; that is to say, the spleen.

You have come to gamble, and your gambling is attended by every form of intemperance and immorality.

The horrors of intemperance have never been fully portrayed.

Yet the plague continued, fed by the ignorance and intemperance of the people.

The evil of intemperance has been exhibited in its complicated horrors.

As for Matta, he was severely reprimanded for the intemperance of his tongue.

And what lives have been lost through the intemperance of captains and crews!

Then no intemperance or madness should be allowed to approach true love?