different between passions vs temperance
passions
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæ??nz/
Noun
passions
- plural of passion
Verb
passions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of passion
Anagrams
- Spinosas, saposins
Catalan
Noun
passions
- plural of passió
French
Pronunciation
Noun
passions f
- plural of passion
Verb
passions
- first-person plural imperfect indicative of passer
- first-person plural present subjunctive of passer
Anagrams
- paissons
passions From the web:
- what passions are there
- what passions do i have
- what passion
- what passionate mean
- what passion fruit taste like
- what passion fruit good for
- what passion fruit
- what passion do you have
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
temperance From the web:
- what temperance means
- what temperance movement
- what temperance society
- what temperance means in spanish
- what's temperance in spanish
- what temperance are you
- what temperance tarot
- what's temperance hotel
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