Associations to the word «Intemperance»

Wiktionary

INTEMPERANCE, noun. Lack of moderation or temperance; excess
INTEMPERANCE, noun. Drunkenness; gluttony

Dictionary definition

INTEMPERANCE, noun. The quality of being intemperate.
INTEMPERANCE, noun. Consumption of alcoholic drinks.
INTEMPERANCE, noun. Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca