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Temperateness vs Temperance - What's the difference?

temperateness | temperance |


As nouns the difference between temperateness and temperance

is that temperateness is the characteristic of being temperate while temperance is 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.

As a proper noun Temperance is

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