Question

temperance Buddhism teaches humankind to follow “the middle way”—that is, temperance in all things. ˈtɛmpərəns

Accepted Answer

(1) Moderation in satisfying appetites or passions. (2) The drinking of little or no alcohol. Since temperance means basically “moderation,” you might assume that, with respect to alcohol, temperance would mean moderate consumption, or “social drinking.” Instead, the word has usually meant the prohibition of all alcohol. To temperance leaders such as Carry Nation, the safest form of drinking was no alcohol at all. Believing she was upholding the law, Nation began her hatchet-swinging attacks on saloons, known as “hatchetations,” in the 1890s. National prohibition did eventually come—and go—but largely through the efforts of more temperate (that is, moderate) reformers

word	temperance
definition	(1) Moderation in satisfying appetites or passions. (2) The drinking of little or no alcohol.
eg_sentence	Buddhism teaches humankind to follow “the middle way”—that is, temperance in all things.
explanation	Since temperance means basically “moderation,” you might assume that, with respect to alcohol, temperance would mean moderate consumption, or “social drinking.” Instead, the word has usually meant the prohibition of all alcohol. To temperance leaders such as Carry Nation, the safest form of drinking was no alcohol at all. Believing she was upholding the law, Nation began her hatchet-swinging attacks on saloons, known as “hatchetations,” in the 1890s. National prohibition did eventually come—and go—but largely through the efforts of more temperate (that is, moderate) reformers
IPA	ˈtɛmpərəns

Temperance Drinking Alcohol Prohibition Moderation Satisfying Appetites Passions