1. (v. t.) Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

2. (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

3. (v. t.) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

Rechabitism abnegation abstemiousness abstinence asceticism austerity calm calmness cardinal virtues charity conservatism constraint continence control cool dispassion eschewal evenness faith forbearance forgoing fortitude gentleness golden mean gravity happy medium hope impartiality judiciousness juste-milieu justice lenity love measure meden agan middle way mildness moderateness moderation moderationism mortification natural virtues neutrality nonviolence nothing in excess pacifism prohibition prudence reasonableness refrainment repose restraint sacrifice sedateness self-abnegation self-control self-denial self-discipline self-restraint serenity seriousness sober-mindedness soberness sobersidedness sobersides sobriety solemnity stability staidness steadiness supernatural virtues teetotalism temperateness theological virtues tranquillity undrunkenness unexcessiveness unextravagance unextremeness uninebriatedness unintoxicatedness via media