Dictionary Entry
temperance
temperance is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
- 2transitive verb
Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
- 3transitive verb
State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
- 4noun
the act of tempering
- 5noun
abstaining from excess
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- 6noun
the trait of avoiding excesses
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