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Commitment vs Temperance - What's the difference?

commitment | temperance |

As nouns the difference between commitment and temperance

is that commitment is the act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: while temperance is temperance.

commitment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
  • # The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
  • # Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
  • Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
  • # Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date
  • Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
  • The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
  • Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
  • State of being pledged or engaged.
  • The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail.

    • Synonyms

    * allegiance * charge * committal * consignment * dedication * devoir * duty * engagement * guarantee * loyalty * liability * must * need * obligation * ought * pledge * promise * responsibility * undertaking * vow * word

    Related terms

    * commit * committal * noncommittal

    External links

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    temperance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * temperaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 [[intoxicate, intoxicating liquors.
  • * 1877 ,
    • 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.
  • Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
  • One of the seven heavenly virtues.
  • (obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Coordinate terms

    * (virtue) chastity, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, humility

    Antonyms

    * intemperance * gluttony

    Related terms

    * temper * temperament * temperamental * temperature

    Derived terms

    * American Temperance Society (ATS) * Loyal Temperance Legion (LTL) * temperance association * temperance bar * temperance chartism * temperance chartist * Temperance Colonization Society * temperance colony * temperance education * temperance group * temperance hotel * temperance journal * temperance lobby * temperance magazine * temperance meeting * temperance movement * temperance movement zealot * temperance norm * temperance organisation, temperance organization * temperance paper * temperance pledge * temperance reading room * temperance society * temperance writer * Toronto Temperance Society (TTS) * Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) * Youth Temperance Council (YTC)

    See also

    (assocciated terms) * anti-prohibitionist, antiprohibitionist * Anti-Saloon League * blind pig * blind tiger * bootlegger * bootlegging * dry, the dries * dry faction * National Prohibition Act * prohibition * Prohibition * prohibitionary * prohibitionist * Prohibition Party * pro-prohibitionist, proprohibitionist * speakeasy * speakeasy club * wet, the wets * wet faction * White Ribbon Recruit * White Ribbon Recruits