Synonyms for temperateness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : tem-per-it, tem-prit |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛm pər ɪt, ˈtɛm prɪt |
Définition of temperateness
Origin :- late 14c., of persons, "modest, forbearing, self-restrained," from Latin temperatus "restrained, regulated," from past participle of temperare "to moderate, regulate" (see temper (v.)). Applied to climates mid-15c.; temperate zone is attested from 1550s. Related: Temperately; temperateness.
- As in abstemiousness : noun sobriety
- On the other hand, the aborigines should be far from the temperateness of marble.
- Extract from : « The Art Of The Moving Picture » by Vachel Lindsay
- Living in the strictest economy and temperateness, he hated anything like ostentation.
- Extract from : « The History of "Punch" » by M. H. Spielmann
- Eudoxus thought it was the good, his opinion being the weightier because of his temperateness.
- Extract from : « The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. » by Various
- The extreme suggestiveness, and yet the taste and temperateness of this costume, seemed to me inimitable.
- Extract from : « Americans and Others » by Agnes Repplier
- Hence, too, man himself is here freer of soul than elsewhere, for this temperateness of the climate prevails in all things.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Cassiodorus » by Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
Antonyms for temperateness
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