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Definition
not drinking alcohol because it is thought to be harmful
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moderation (not doing something excessively) — such as not eating or drinking too much
or:
moderation (not doing something excessively) — such as not eating or drinking too much
- O, temperance, lady!5.2 — Act 5 Scene 2 — Alexandria. A Room in the Monument (14% in)
- I found you as a morsel cold upon Dead Caesar's trencher; nay, you were a fragment Of Cneius Pompey's; besides what hotter hours, Unregist'red in vulgar fame, you have Luxuriously pick'd out:—for I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is.3.13 — Act 3 Scene 13 — Alexandria. A Room in the Palace (62% in)
There are no more uses of "temperance" in Antony and Cleopatra.
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