Temperance may refer to:

Moderation

Temperance movement The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and its leaders emph ...

, movement to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed *

Temperance (virtue) Temperance in its modern use is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. It is typically described in terms of what an individual voluntarily refrains from doing. This includes restraint from revenge by practicing non-violence and forgi ...

, habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion

Culture

Temperance (group) Temperance was a Canadian Electronic music duo, formed in Toronto in 1990. Biography Temperance was founded by music hobbyist Mark Ryan ( H.A. Der-Hovagimian), who began it as a solo commercial Tech house project until he was joined by singer Lo ...

, Canadian dance-pop musical group * Temperance (Tarot card), Major Arcana Tarot card *''Temperance'', album by

Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto (; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema". Biography Astrud Gilbert ...

Temperance Brennan Temperance Daessee Brennan is a fictional character created by author Kathy Reichs, and is the hero of her crime novel series (which are usually referred to as the Temperance Brennan novels). She was introduced in Reichs' first novel, '' Déjà ...

, fictional character by Kathy Reichs **

Temperance "Bones" Brennan Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, Ph.D. (born Joy Keenan) is a fictional character portrayed by Emily Deschanel in the American Fox television series ''Bones''. An anthropologist, forensic anthropologist, and kinesiologist, she is described ...

, fictional character of TV series ''Bones'' * Temperance (Italian band), Italian melodic metal group ** ''Temperance'' (album), 2014 debut album by the Italian band

Places

United States

Temperance, Georgia Temperance is an unincorporated community in Telfair County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A post office called Temperance was established in 1836, and remained in operation until 1904. The community was named for a nearby campground whic ...

, an unincorporated community *

Temperance Bell, Georgia Temperance Bell is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A variant name was "Temperance". A post office called Temperance was established in 1823, and remained in operation until 1833. The community wa ...

, an unincorporated community *

Temperance, Michigan Temperance is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,188 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located within Bedford Township. The community was established a ...

, a community *

Temperance Hall, Tennessee Temperance Hall is an unincorporated community in northern DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States. It is located approximately west-southwest of Center Hill Dam. It was established in 1798 by Stephen Robinson Sr., one of the first four settler ...

, a small community *

Temperance Island Temperance Island is an island off of Waugoshance Point, in Lake Michigan. It is located in Bliss Township of Emmet County, Michigan. Temperance and nearby Waugoshance Island are part of the Wilderness State Park. The Big Cut Canal separates th ...

, Lake Michigan *

Temperance River The Temperance River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 7, 2012 river in northern Minnesota. It drains into Lake Superior along its north shore just south of Tofte ...

, Minnesota

Other places

Temperance Vale, New Brunswick Temperance Vale is a community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada on Route 595. History A farming and logging area, it was first settled c. 1860 by children of the United Empire Loyalist families who came to Queensbury, New Brunswick in 1784 ...

, Canada *

Temperance Town, Cardiff Temperance Town, Cardiff, was the unofficial name for a working-class inner-city suburb established in the late 1850s and demolished in the 1930s to make way for Cardiff Bus Station. History Temperance Town was built on reclaimed land next to th ...

, Wales

Moderation

Culture

Places

United States

Other places

See also