temperance

Abstinence from or moderation in drinking alcoholic beverages. synonym: abstinence.

Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.

Moderation; the observance of moderation; temperateness.

Particularly— Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; abstinence from all violence or excess, from inordinate or unseasonable indulgence, or from the use or pursuit of anything injurious to moral or physical well-being; sobriety; frugality: as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or grief; in a narrower sense, moderation in the use of alcoholic liquors, as beverages; or, in a still narrower sense as used by its advocates, entire abstinence from such liquors: in this sense also used attributively; as, a temperance society; a temperance hotel; a temperance lecture.

Moderation of passion; self-restraint; self-control; calmness.

The act of tempering or mixing; temperament.

Moderate degree of temperature; equal state.

Temperature.

Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; ; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.