Intemperance - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪnˈtempərəns|  American pronunciation of the word intemperance
Brit.  |ɪnˈtemp(ə)r(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word intemperance

noun

- the quality of being intemperate
- consumption of alcoholic drinks
- excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence (syn: self-indulgence)
the intemperance of their language

Extra examples

...in his harangue on the perils of drink, the prohibitionist claimed that intemperance has always been the number one destroyer of marriages...

...there's a wearisome intemperance in his verbal attacks against any and all who dare to disagree with him...

Did not I backslide into intemperance and folly?

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