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not drinking alcohol because it is thought to be harmfulor:
moderation (not doing something excessively) — such as not eating or drinking too much
- The temperance movement led to Prohibition which completely outlawed the drinking of alcohol.
temperance = the belief that alcohol should not be drunk at all because it is harmful
- I know what is good for me, but I lack temperance or self-control when I drink.
- They called her "Lemonade Lucy" because her support of the temperance movement led her to ban alcohol in the White House.
- But I have heard that, with some persons, temperance - that is, moderation - is almost impossible...Bronte, Anne -- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- ...the intention was to recommend to young men temperance in eating and drinking.Poe, Edgar Allan -- Poems
- Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.William Shakespeare
- And after supper he talked to him about temperance and such things till the old man cried, and said he'd been a fool, and fooled away his life;Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- First they done a lecture on temperance; but they didn't make enough for them both to get drunk on.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Well, I'd ben a-running' a little temperance revival thar 'bout a week, and was the pet of the women folks, big and little, for I was makin' it mighty warm for the rummies, I TELL you, and...Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The old man was reaping the rewards of a life remarkable for temperance and activity, in a tranquil and placid death.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Prairie
- In our society, temperance will not help a poor man to enrich himself, but it may help him to respect himself.G. K. Chesterton -- The Fallacy of Success
- Here is the stain on the lining caused by the explosion of a temperance beverage, an incident that occurred at Leamington.Oscar Wilde -- The Importance of Being Earnest
- It was, indeed, quite true that the household had not been shining examples either of temperance, soberness, or chastity.Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- I never expected to find a temperance advocate in my own home, of all places!Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- Miep drank ten schnapps and smoked three cigarettes —could this be our temperance advocate?Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- Be by, good madam, when we do awake him; I doubt not of his temperance.William Shakespeare -- King Lear
- CHAPTER XXII TOM joined the new order of Cadets of Temperance, being attracted by the showy character of their "regalia."Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- A most devilish kind of Spanish burgundy, warranted free from added alcohol: a Temperance burgundy in fact.George Bernard Shaw -- Major Barbara
- Rather rejoicing to see another merry, than merry at anything which professed to make him rejoice: a gentleman of all temperance.William Shakespeare -- Measure for Measure
- "Whence I am to infer," replied I, "that the drinking population constitutes the majority in your country, and that temperance is somewhat unpopular."Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 1
temperance = moderation
temperance = the belief that alcohol should not be drunk at all because it is harmful
temperance = moderation (not doing things excessively)
temperance = moderation (not eating or drinking excessively)
temperance = not drinking alcohol because it is thought to be harmful
temperance = discouraging the drinking of alcohol
temperance = discouraging the drinking of alcohol
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