Definizione monolingua

temperance

temperance (plural temperances)

1. 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.
   • 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.

2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
3. One of the seven heavenly virtues.
4. (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
5. (tarot): temperance; the fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.

Definizione dizionario temperance

	la temperanza
	Tarot card

temperanza

Altri significati:

(obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

habitual moderation

moderation of passion

Tarot card.

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.