temperance

Roget category 953

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.4. Moral practice

#953. Temperance

noun

temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness.
forbearance, abnegation — self-denial, self-restraint, self-control etc. (resolution) 604.
frugality — vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence — abstinence, abstemiousness — Encratism^†, prohibition — system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro — Pythagorism, Stoicism.
vegetarian — Pythagorean, gymnosophist^†.
teetotaler etc. 958 — abstainer — designated driver — Encratite^†, fruitarian^†, hydropot^†.

verb

be temperate etc. adj. — abstain, forbear, refrain, deny oneself, spare, swear off.
know when one has had enough, know one's limit.
take the pledge, go on the wagon.

adjective

temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing — abstemious, abstinent — within compass — measured etc. (sufficient) 639.
on the wagon, on the water wagon.
[Locations where alcoholic beverages are prohibited] dry.
Pythagorean — vegetarian — teetotal.

phrase

appetitus rationi obediant [Lat.] [Cicero]; l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la raison [Rousseau]; trahit sua quemque voluptas [Lat.] [Vergil].

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