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Adj. impenitent, uncontrite, obdurate; hard, hardened; seared, recusant; unrepentant;<br />

relentless, remorseless, graceless, shriftless † .<br />

lost, incorrigible, irreclaimable.<br />

unreconstructed, unregenerate, unreformed; unrepented † , unreclaimed † , unatoned.<br />

952. Atonement -- N. atonement, reparation; compromise, composition; compensation<br />

&c 30; quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation;<br />

indemnification, redress.<br />

amends, apology, amende honorable † , satisfaction; peace offering, sin offering, burnt<br />

offering; scapegoat, sacrifice.<br />

penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation,<br />

lustration † ; purgation, purgatory.<br />

V. atone, atone for; expiate; propitiate; make amends, make good; reclaim, redeem,<br />

repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in<br />

sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt.<br />

set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up; pay the forfeit, pay the<br />

penalty.<br />

apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable [Fr.], give satisfaction; come down on<br />

one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.<br />

4. MORAL PRACTICE<br />

953. Temperance -- N. temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness.<br />

forbearance, abnegation; self-denial, self-restraint, self-control &c (resolution) 604.<br />

frugality; vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence; abstinence, abstemiousness;<br />

Encratism † , prohibition; system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro; Pythagorism,<br />

Stoicism.<br />

vegetarian; Pythagorean, gymnosophist † .<br />

teetotaler &c 958; abstainer; designated driver; Encratite † , fruitarian † , hydropot † .<br />

V. be temperate &c adj.; abstain, forbear, refrain, deny oneself, spare, swear off.<br />

know when one has had enough, know one's limit.<br />

take the pledge, go on the wagon.<br />

Adj. temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing; abstemious, abstinent; within compass;<br />

measured &c (sufficient) 639.<br />

on the wagon, on the water wagon.<br />

[Locations where alcoholic beverages are prohibited] dry.<br />

Pythagorean; vegetarian; teetotal.<br />

Phr. appetitus rationi obediant [Lat.] [Cicero]; l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de<br />

la raison [Rousseau]; trahit sua quemque voluptas [Lat.] [Vergil].<br />

954. Intemperance -- N. intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; tragalism † ;<br />

pleasure; effeminacy, silkiness; luxury, luxuriousness; lap of pleasure, lap of luxury; free<br />

living.<br />

indulgence; high living, wild living, inabstinence † , self-indulgence; voluptuousness<br />

&c adj.; epicurism, epicureanism; sybaritism; drug habit.<br />

dissipation; licentiousness &c adj.; debauchery; crapulence † .

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