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Catholic Dictionary
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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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.
