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NATURAL TEMPERANCE
The habitual moderation of one's desire for pleasure acquired by personal effort and guided by human reason, mainly in view of one's health or the good of society.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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