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- Intemperance - n. - The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.
- Intemperance - n. - Specifically: Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
- Attendant - v. t. - Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
- Debauchee - v. t. - One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.
- Destructive - a. - Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.