Temperance

//ˈtɛmpəɹəns//

Synonyms for "temperance" (92 found)

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Translations

78 translations across 25 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σωφροσύνη noun (habitual moderation)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • сдържаност noun (moderation of passion)
  • умереност noun (habitual moderation)
  • умереност noun (one of seven virtues)
  • умереност noun (Tarot card)

Catalan

3 entries
  • temperança noun (Tarot card)
  • temprança noun (habitual moderation)
  • temprança noun (one of seven virtues)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 戒酒 noun (habitual moderation)
  • 節制 /节制 noun (moderation of passion)

Czech

4 entries
  • střídmost noun (habitual moderation)
  • střídmost noun (one of seven virtues)
  • umírněnost noun (habitual moderation)
  • umírněnost noun (Tarot card)

Danish

3 entries
  • mådehold noun (habitual moderation)
  • mådehold noun (moderation of passion)
  • mådehold noun (one of seven virtues)

Dutch

2 entries
  • gematigheid noun (Tarot card)
  • matiging noun (habitual moderation)

Finnish

4 entries
  • itsehillintä noun (habitual moderation)
  • itsehillintä noun (moderation of passion)
  • kohtuullisuus noun (one of seven virtues)
  • kohtuus noun (habitual moderation)

French

4 entries
  • sobriété noun (habitual moderation)
  • sobriété noun (moderation of passion)
  • tempérance noun (one of seven virtues)
  • tempérance noun (Tarot card)

Galician

3 entries
  • sobriedade noun (moderation of passion)
  • temperanza noun (one of seven virtues)
  • tempero noun (habitual moderation)

German

4 entries
  • Enthaltsamkeit noun (moderation of passion)
  • Mäßigkeit noun (Tarot card)
  • Mäßigkeit im Alkoholgenuss noun (moderation of passion)
  • Mäßigung noun (habitual moderation)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍉𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (habitual moderation)

Greek

1 entries
  • εγκράτεια noun (moderation of passion)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • איפוק noun (one of seven virtues)
  • התנזרות noun (moderation of passion)
  • מתינות noun (habitual moderation)
  • מתינות noun (moderation of passion)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megfontoltság noun (Tarot card)

Italian

2 entries
  • temperanza noun (one of seven virtues)
  • temperanza noun (Tarot card)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 禁酒 noun (habitual moderation)
  • 節制 noun (habitual moderation)
  • 節制 noun (moderation of passion)
  • 節制 noun (Tarot card)

Korean

1 entries
  • 절제 noun (Tarot card)

Latin

2 entries
  • sōbrietās noun (habitual moderation)
  • temperantia noun (habitual moderation)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • اعتدال noun (habitual moderation)

Polish

2 entries
  • powściągliwość noun (Tarot card)
  • umiarkowanie noun (Tarot card)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • temperança noun (Tarot card)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cumpătare noun (habitual moderation)
  • sobrietate noun (habitual moderation)

Russian

3 entries
  • сде́ржанность noun (habitual moderation)
  • тре́звенность noun (habitual moderation)
  • уме́ренность noun (habitual moderation)

Spanish

4 entries
  • temperancia noun (habitual moderation)
  • temperancia noun (moderation of passion)
  • temperancia noun (one of seven virtues)
  • temperancia noun (Tarot card)

Sample sentences

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Health coexists with temperance.

Source: tatoeba (238992)

Temperance is the best physic.

Source: tatoeba (272514)

They joined in the temperance movement.

Source: tatoeba (306385)

On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.

Source: tatoeba (6301675)

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