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noun
Lack of moderation or temperance; excess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Drunkenness or gluttony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intemperateness, self-indulgence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
Narrower terms: spree, fling, profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, jag
noun
consumption of alcoholic drinks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: intemperateness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vice
Narrower terms: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence
noun
the quality of being intemperate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: temperance
Broader terms: unrestraint
Narrower terms: gluttony
History
From Middle French intempérance, from Latin intemperantia.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
