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Antonyms for in temperance
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : in-tem-per-uh ns, -pruh ns |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛm pər əns, -prəns |
- abstemiousness
- abstention
- abstinence
- apathy
- appearance
- ascent
- austerity
- benevolence
- care
- dearth
- decency
- deficiency
- depression
- deprivation
- development
- disappointment
- disapproval
- disfavor
- dislike
- disregard
- dissatisfaction
- distaste
- economy
- frugality
- frustration
- generosity
- giving
- goodness
- honor
- humility
- improvement
- indifference
- insufficiency
- intolerance
- lack
- mercifulness
- misery
- moderation
- morality
- need
- poverty
- privation
- restraint
- rise
- saving
- shortcoming
- soberness
- sobriety
- sorrow
- temperance
- unhappiness
- unselfishness
- upgrade
- upset
- virtue
- want
Definition of in temperance
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French intemperance (14c.), from Latin intemperantia "intemperateness, immoderation, excess," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + temperantia (see temperance). Originally of climate; meaning "lack of moderation" in English is from 1540s.
- As in indulgence : noun luxury; gratification
- As in luxury : noun great pleasure, indulgence
- As in drunkenness : noun inebriety
- As in intemperance : noun insobriety
- As in intoxication : noun inebriation
- As in overindulgence : noun debauchery
- As in self-indulgence : noun indulgence by self
- As in crapulence : noun drunkenness
- As in inebriation : noun drunkenness
- As in inebriety : noun drunkenness
- As in insobriety : noun drunkenness
- As in tipsiness : noun drunkenness
- As in debauchery : noun immoral self-indulgence
- As in decadence : noun perversion; deterioration of morality
- As in dissipation : noun wantonness
- As in excess : noun overindulgence in personal desires
- As in greed : noun overwhelming desire for more
Synonyms for in temperance
- abandonment
- acquisitiveness
- affluence
- alcoholism
- allowance
- appeasement
- attention
- avarice
- avidity
- babying
- bender
- binge
- bliss
- blowout
- boozing
- burning candle at both ends
- bust
- carousal
- coddling
- comfort
- corruption
- courtesy
- covetousness
- crapulence
- craving
- cupidity
- debasement
- debauchery
- decay
- declension
- decline
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- delight
- depravity
- devolution
- dipsomania
- dissipation
- dissoluteness
- dissolution
- downfall
- downgrade
- drunk
- drunkenness
- eagerness
- edacity
- elation
- endurance
- enjoyment
- esurience
- euphoria
- evil
- excess
- excitement
- exhilaration
- exorbitance
- extravagance
- extreme
- extremity
- fall
- fast living
- favor
- favoring
- fondling
- fondness
- forbearance
- fornication
- free-living
- frill
- fulfillment
- gluttony
- goodwill
- gormandizing
- graspingness
- gratification
- gratifying
- hedonism
- high living
- high-living
- hunger
- immoderacy
- immoderation
- incontinence
- indulgence
- inebriation
- inebriety
- inordinateness
- insatiableness
- insobriety
- intemperance
- intemperateness
- intimacy
- intoxication
- kindness
- kowtowing
- la dolce vita
- lasciviousness
- lavishness
- lechery
- leisure
- lenience
- leniency
- lewdness
- license
- licentiousness
- life in fast lane
- life in the fast lane
- longing
- lust
- luxuriousness
- opulence
- orgy
- overdoing
- overdrinking
- overeating
- overindulgence
- pampering
- partiality
- patience
- permissiveness
- petting
- piggishness
- placating
- pleasing
- privilege
- prodigality
- profligacy
- profligateness
- rapacity
- rarity
- ravenousness
- regression
- revel
- revelry
- richness
- satiation
- satiety
- satisfaction
- saturnalia
- seduction
- self-gratification
- self-indulgence
- selfishness
- sensuality
- service
- splendor
- spoiling
- squandering
- sumptuousness
- swinishness
- sybaritism
- tear
- the gimmies
- tipsiness
- to hell in handbasket
- toadying
- tolerance
- toleration
- treat
- treating
- understanding
- unrestraint
- voracity
- waste
- well-being
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