in•tem•per•ate•ness
We found 6 definitions of intemperateness from 4 different sources.
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intemperateness - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language" | ||
intemperance, self-indulgence | ||
humoring, indulging, pampering, indulgence the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse" | ||
spree, fling a brief indulgence of your impulses | ||
licentiousness, profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, looseness the quality of being lewd and lascivious | ||
intemperateness - consumption of alcoholic drinks | ||
intemperance | ||
vice a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community" |