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intemperance

DEFINITION: (noun) Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence.

USAGE: A slouching, moody, drunken sloven, wasted by intemperance and vice, sat on the stoop and lamented his lot in life.

SYNONYMS: self-indulgence.

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