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10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the trait of avoiding excesses
noun abstaining from excess
noun the act of tempering
originFrom Anglo-Norman temperance, from Latin temperantia (“moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control”), from temperans, present participle of temperare (“to moderate”). See temper. English equivalent temper + -ance.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- crampet 13
- cementer 12
- cerement 12
- permeant 12
- permeate 12
- preenact 12
- pretence 12
- recement 12
- camper 12
- encamp 12
- cementa 11