noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being intemperate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intemperateness
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noun
Meaning 2
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the intemperance of their language
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intemperance, self-indulgence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
Narrower terms: spree, fling, profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, jag
noun
Meaning 3
consumption of alcoholic drinks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intemperance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vice
Narrower terms: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence
History
Etymology
From intemperate + -ness.