Pleasantness vs Temperance - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being pleasant.
(countable) Something pleasant.
* 1813 , Emanuel Swedenborg, The Apocalypse, or, Book of revelations, explained
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 ,
Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
One of the seven heavenly virtues.
(obsolete) State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Pleasantness is a related term of temperance.
As nouns the difference between pleasantness and temperance
is that pleasantness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being pleasant while temperance is temperance.pleasantness
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Noun
(en-noun)- ...to destroy the affections of truth, and thereby the pleasantnesses and happinesses of heaven...
Antonyms
* unpleasantnesstemperance
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Alternative forms
* temperaunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
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