Intemperance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪnˈtempərəns|
Brit.
|ɪnˈtemp(ə)r(ə)ns|
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)
- 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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