temperancenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtem.pər.əns//ˈtem.prəns/us/ˈtem.pɚ.əns/formalcontrol of your own behaviour, such as not drinking or eating too much
the habit of not drinking alcohol because you believe it is dangerous or wrong
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Self-control and moderation
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect
- command
- constraint
- continent
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous
- dignified
- grip
- impervious
- lightly
- mind over matter idiom
- moderation
- moderation in all things idiom
- monastic
- restrict
- restrict yourself to sth
- rise above sth
- self-controlled
- self-denial
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