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Intemperance
//ɪnˈtɛmpɛɹəns// noun
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Noun
- 1 Lack of moderation or temperance; excess. countable, uncountable
"They deserved the enmity of the Pagans; and some of them might deserve the reproaches of avarice and intemperance; of avarice, which they gratified with holy plunder, and of intemperance, which they indulged at the expense of the people, who foolishly admired their tattered garments, loud psalmody, and artificial paleness."
- 2 excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence wordnet
- 3 Drunkenness or gluttony. countable, uncountable
"As I supported him towards his lodgings I could see that he was not only suffering from the effects of a recent debauch, but that a long course of intemperance had affected his nerves and his brain. […] He rambled in his speech, too, in a manner which suggested the delirium of disease rather than the talk of a drunkard."
- 4 consumption of alcoholic drinks wordnet
- 5 the quality of being intemperate wordnet
Etymology
From Middle French intempérance, from Latin intemperantia.
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