Temperance

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) .
  2. Noun.  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.
  3. Noun.  Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. .
  4. Noun.  One of the seven heavenly virtues. .
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. .
  6. Noun.  (tarot, lang en) : temperance; the fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. .

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