temperance

TEM'PERANCE, noun [Latin temperantia, from tempero.]1. Moderation; particularly, habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; as temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth. temperance in eating and drinking is opposed to gluttony and drunkenness, and in other indulgences, to excess.2. Patience; calmness; sedateness; moderation of passion.He calm'd his wrath with goodly temperance [Unusual.]