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What (who) is Intemperance - definition
intemperance
n.
1.
Excess (in any action or in any indulgence), want of moderation.
2.
Habitual excess in drinking intoxicating liquors.
Intemperance
·noun Specifically: Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
II. Intemperance ·noun The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.
Temperance
·vt State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
II. Temperance ·vt Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
III. Temperance ·vt Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
Examples of use of Intemperance
1. Now, members of both communities decry Israeli intemperance.
2. The intemperance of that society is mirrored in its impact on the Earth.
3. Mr Davidge‘s Stephano was another able performance; he never forgot his mock gravity or intemperance, and his by–play was exceedingly good.
4. The mess of British foreign policy, with its intemperance on Iraq and its pusillanimous refusal to condemn Israel‘s hideously ill–judged war on Lebanon, draws on the same well of autocracy and insecurity that has blinded this nation to the culture and history and languages of others.