Temperance and Voluptuousness

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Temperance noun - An avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits.

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Voluptuousness is an antonym for temperance.

Nearby Words: temper, tempered, tempering

Voluptuousness noun - Excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures.

Usage example: a painting by the 19th-century artist Ingres that vividly portrays the languorous voluptuousness of a sultan's seraglio

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Temperance is an antonym for voluptuousness.

Nearby Word: voluptuous

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Voluptuousness and Temperance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/temperance/voluptuousness

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