Associations to the word «Intemperance»

Wiktionary

INTEMPERANCE, noun. Lack of moderation or temperance; excess
INTEMPERANCE, noun. Drunkenness; gluttony

Dictionary definition

INTEMPERANCE, noun. The quality of being intemperate.
INTEMPERANCE, noun. Consumption of alcoholic drinks.
INTEMPERANCE, noun. Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin