Intemperance - English meaning

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Usage examples:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

noun

An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.

Usage examples:

Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?

adjective

Exceeding a prescribed or desirable amount.

Usage examples:

Trim any excess fat off the meat

noun

An amount that is more than acceptable, expected, or reasonable

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They both eat to excess (= a lot more than they need)., the company’s losses are in excess of (= mo…

noun

Lack of restraint in spending money or using resources.

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His reckless extravagance with other people's money

noun

The practice of spending more money than is necessary or reasonable, or something that is expensive and not necessary

Usage examples:

[ c ] in those days, a second car seemed like a needless extravagance.

noun

The quality of being excessive and lacking in restraint; overindulgence.

Usage examples:

He paid a high price for his immoderation

noun

The quality of being very expensive or impressive

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He liked to create an atmosphere of lavishness and luxury., the lavishness of the state rooms took …

noun

The action or fact of consuming something to excess.

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The overconsumption of alcohol

noun

The action or fact of having too much of something enjoyable.

Usage examples:

Her alleged overindulgence in alcohol

noun

Behaviour in which you allow yourself to have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink

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For many americans, thanksgiving is a time of overindulgence., overindulgence in food and drink is …

noun

The quality of spending or using large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise

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His travels enhanced his reputation for prodigality., as a novelist, her power springs directly fro…

noun

Reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources.

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His financial prudence corrected the profligacies of nero

noun

The act of spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise

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The profligacy of the west shocked him., years of fiscal profligacy have left the country deeply in…

noun

The act of allowing yourself to have or do anything that you enjoy

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Rarely have i seen two people work together so effortlessly and with so little self-indulgence., wh…