The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Temperance \Tem"per*ance\, n. [L. temperantia: cf. F.
   temp['e]rance. See Temper, v. t.]
   1. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the
      natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate
      indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and
      drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth;
      specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in
      respect to using intoxicating liquors.
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   2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
      [R.] "A gentleman of all temperance." --Shak.
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            He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.]
      "Tender and delicate temperance." --Shak.
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   Temperance society, an association formed for the purpose
      of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as
      a beverage.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

temperance
    n 1: the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance,
         moderation] [ant: intemperance]
    2: abstaining from excess [syn: sobriety, temperance]
    3: the act of tempering

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "temperance":
   Rechabitism, abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism,
   austerity, calm, calmness, cardinal virtues, charity, conservatism,
   constraint, continence, control, cool, dispassion, eschewal,
   evenness, faith, forbearance, forgoing, fortitude, gentleness,
   golden mean, gravity, happy medium, hope, impartiality,
   judiciousness, juste-milieu, justice, lenity, love, measure,
   meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation,
   moderationism, mortification, natural virtues, neutrality,
   nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, prohibition, prudence,
   reasonableness, refrainment, repose, restraint, sacrifice,
   sedateness, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial,
   self-discipline, self-restraint, serenity, seriousness,
   sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety,
   solemnity, stability, staidness, steadiness, supernatural virtues,
   teetotalism, temperateness, theological virtues, tranquillity,
   undrunkenness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness,
   uninebriatedness, unintoxicatedness, via media



U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Temperance, MI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Michigan
   Population (2000):    7757
   Housing Units (2000): 2953
   Land area (2000):     4.595331 sq. miles (11.901851 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.053023 sq. miles (0.137329 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.648354 sq. miles (12.039180 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            79240
   Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
   Location:             41.760748 N, 83.575192 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     48182
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Temperance, MI
    Temperance