temperanceEnglishOxford English Thesaurustemperance 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.temperance Oxford Dictionary of English