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Word entry · 10 letters

temperance

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"Restraint"

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɛmpəɹəns/Part of speech nounSorted aceeemnprtStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of tempering

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman temperance, from Latin temperantia (“moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control”), from temperans, present participle of temperare (“to moderate”). See temper. English equivalent temper + -ance.

Used in a sentence

  • temperance in eating and drinking
  • temperance in the indulgence of joy
  • Who did begin their Feaſtes with Prayers; continue them with Temperance, and Sobrietie; eating no more then would ſuffice their hunger; drinking no more then would quench and ſatisfie their thirſt […]

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