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temperance

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temperance
noun
1 Davies was a devout Methodist and a strict advocate of temperance:
teetotalism, abstinence, abstentionsobriety;
prohibition;
rare Rechabitism, nephalism.
antonyms bibulousness, crapulence.
2 the temperance of her lifestyle:
self-restraint, restraint, moderation, self-control, self-discipline, lack of indulgence;
abstemiousness, abstinence, self-denial, austerity, asceticism;
rare continence.
antonyms intemperance, excess, overindulgence.
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