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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intemperateness \In*tem`per*ate*ness\, n. 1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as intemperateness in eating or drinking. 2. Severity of weather; inclemency. --Boyle. By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. --Sir M. Hale. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intemperateness n 1: consumption of alcoholic drinks [syn: {intemperance}] 2: immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites [syn: {intemperance}, {self-indulgence}]
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