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intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language" |
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intemperateness |
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humoring,
indulgence,
indulging,
pampering the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse"
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fling,
spree the act of flinging
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dissipation,
dissolution,
licentiousness,
looseness,
profligacy breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"
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jag a bout of drinking or drug taking
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intemperance - consumption of alcoholic drinks |
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intemperateness |
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vice a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
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boozing,
crapulence,
drink,
drinking,
drunkenness the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
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intemperance - the quality of being intemperate |
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moderation,
temperance the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"
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unrestraint the quality of lacking restraint
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gluttony eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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