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 Tem·per·ance n.
 1. 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.
 2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. [R.] “A gentleman of all temperance.”
    He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance.   --Spenser.
 3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.] “Tender and delicate temperance.”
 Temperance society, an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.
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