Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - temperance
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Temperance
temperance
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin temperantia, from temperant-, temperans, present participle of temperare to moderate, be moderate Date: 14th century 1. moderation in action, thought, or feeling ; restraint 2. a. habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions b. moderation in or abstinence from the use of alcoholic beverages
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n. 1 moderation or self-restraint esp. in eating and drinking. 2 a total or partial abstinence from alcoholic drink. b (attrib.) advocating or concerned with abstinence. Etymology: ME f. AF temperaunce f. L temperantia (as TEMPER) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. воздержание, сдержанность, умеренность temperance in eating —- умеренность в еде 2. трезвость, трезвенность; воздержание от спиртных напитков temperance association —- общество трезвости temperance drink —- безалкогольный напиток temperance movement —- движение трезвенников temperance hotel —- гостиница, где не продаются спиртные напитки ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) сдержанность, умеренность (особ. в еде и употреблении спиртных напитков) 2) воздержание от спиртных напитков, трезвенность 3) attr. temperance hotel - гостиница, в которой не подаются спиртные напитки Syn: abstinence, continence, self-denial, sobriety Ant: avidity, excess, hedonism, indulgence, intemperance ...Англо-русский словарь
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1. If you believe in temperance, you disapprove of drinking alcohol. ...a reformed alcoholic extolling the joys of temperance. N-UNCOUNT 2. A person who shows temperance has a strong mind and does not eat too much, drink too much, or do too much of anything. (FORMAL) The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance. = moderation N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 the practice of never drinking alcohol for moral or religious reasons (the Victorian virtues of thrift, temperance, and hard work) 2 formal sensible control of the things you say and do, especially the amount of alcohol you drink ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1340, from Anglo-Fr. temperaunce, from L. temperantia "moderation," from temperans, prp. of temperare "to moderate" (see temper). L. temperantia was used by Cicero to translate Gk. sophrosyne "moderation." In Eng., temperance was used to render L. continentia or abstinentia, specifically in reference to drinking alcohol and eating; hence by early 1800s it came to mean "abstinence from alcoholic drink." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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