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Definition
not drinking alcohol because it is thought to be harmful
or:
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
- ...need of letters; but after publishing one volume of brief and exquisite literary appreciations, of which one hundred and twenty copies were sold, thirty given away, and the balance eventually destroyed by the publishers (as per contract) to make room for more marketable material, he had abandoned his real calling, and taken a sub-editorial job on a women's weekly, where fashion-plates and paper patterns alternated with New England love-stories and advertisements of temperance drinks.Chapter 14 (37% in)
There are no more uses of "temperance" in The Age of Innocence.
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