His illness stems from his intemperance.
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Intemperance
//ɪnˈtɛmpɛɹəns//
Synonyms for "intemperance" (126 found)
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licentiousnessloose purse stringsmonstrousnessnimietynoncoercionnonintimidationomnivorousnessoutrageousnessoverdevelopmentovereatingovergenerosityovergenerousnessovergreatnessovergrowthoverindulgenceoverlargenessoverliberalityovermuchovermuchnesspermissiveness
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piggishnesspolyphagiapound-foolishnessprodigalityprofligacyprofusenessprofusionradicalismrapacityravenousnessreckless expenditurereckless spendingriotousnessself indulgenceserious drinkingsottishnesssquanderingsquandermaniaswinish gluttonyswinishnesstoo muchtoo-muchnessunconscionablenessunconstraintuncontinenceuncontrolunduenessuninhibitednessunreasonablenessunreserveunrestrainednessunrestraintunrulinessunstrictnessvoraciousnessvoracitywantonnesswastewastefulnesswildness
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10 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- intemperància noun (lack of moderation)
French
1 entries- intempérance noun (lack of moderation)
German
1 entries- Zügellosigkeit noun (lack of moderation)
Hungarian
1 entries- mértéktelenség noun (lack of moderation)
Irish
1 entries- ainmheasarthacht noun (lack of moderation)
Italian
2 entries- intemperanza noun (lack of moderation)
- smoderatezza noun (lack of moderation)
Latin
1 entries- intemperantia noun (lack of moderation)
Romanian
1 entries- intemperanță noun (lack of moderation)
Spanish
1 entries- intemperancia noun (lack of moderation)
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Tom got drunk and drowned his sorrows in that one night of intemperance.
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The unutterable agony of the parents, the horror and confusion of all who were in the castle, the fury of contending passions between the friends of the different parties—passions augmented by previous intemperance—surpass description.
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Idleness, vice, and intemperance had done their miserable work, and the dead mother lay cold and still amid her wretched children.
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