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Temperance Tem Per Ance Noun Abstinence Consuming Alcoholic Beverages Cicero

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(TEM-per-ance), noun

Abstinence from consuming alcoholic beverages.

Cicero said that TEMPERANCE is “the firm and moderate dominion of reason over passion and other unrighteous impulses of the mind.”

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