different between limitation vs temperance
limitation
English
Etymology
Latin limitatio.
Morphologically limit +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?m??te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
limitation (countable and uncountable, plural limitations)
- The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
- A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
- An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
- (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
- The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation.
Synonyms
- (time period): prescription
Antonyms
- limitlessness
Derived terms
- limitational
- statute of limitations
Related terms
- limitative
Translations
References
- limitation at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- militation
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.mi.ta.sj??/
Noun
limitation f (plural limitations)
- limitation (action of limiting)
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temperance
English
Alternative forms
- temperaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman temperance, from Latin temperantia (“moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control”), from temperans, present participle of temperare (“to moderate”). See temper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?mp???ns/
- Hyphenation: tem?per?ance
Noun
temperance (countable and uncountable, plural temperances)
- Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence
- temperance in eating and drinking
- temperance in the indulgence of joy
- Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- Moderation of passion
- Synonyms: patience, calmness, sedateness
- (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
- 1810-11, Shakespeare, The Tempest, 2.1.41
- It [the climate] must needs be of subtle, tender, and delicate temperance.
- 1810-11, Shakespeare, The Tempest, 2.1.41
Antonyms
- intemperance
- gluttony
Coordinate terms
- (virtue): chastity, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, humility
Derived terms
Related terms
- temper
- temperament
- temperamental
- temperature
Translations
See also
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