Definitions for temperance

temperance tem·per·ance

Spelling: [tem-per-uh ns, tem-pruh ns]
IPA: /ˈtɛm pər əns, ˈtɛm prəns/

Temperance is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 530 anagrams from letters in temperance (aceeemnprt).

Definitions for temperance

noun

  1. moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
  2. habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion, especially in the use of alcoholic liquors.
  3. total abstinence from alcoholic liquors.

Origin of temperance

1200-50; Middle English temperaunce Anglo-French Latin temperantia self-control. See temper, -ance

Examples for temperance

Nothing is said of the pre-existence of ideas of justice, temperance, and the like.

More importantly, Longworth viewed wine as a critical piece of the temperance movement.

Do you observe that we were not far wrong in our guess that temperance was a sort of harmony?

But let me ask you another question: Has excess of pleasure any affinity to temperance?

Resistance to “The Star-Spangled Banner” also flared among blacks, pacifists, and advocates of temperance.

Certainly, he said, that is the true account of temperance whether in the State or individual.

This from the leader of the temperance movement in Radville?

temperance in diet and exercise, with frequent washing and bathing, are the best means of preserving a healthful countenance.

Justice and health of mind will be of the company, and temperance will follow after?

Economy may be styled the daughter of Prudence, the sister of temperance, and the mother of Liberty.

Word Value for temperance
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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