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moderation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moderation \Mod`er*a"tion\, n. [L. moderatio: cf F. mod['e]ration.] 1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint. 2. The state or quality of being mmoderate. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. --Pope. 3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as to bear adversity with moderation. The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. --Motley. 4. pl The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to {mods}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: moderation n 1: quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [syn: {moderateness}] [ant: {immoderation}] 2: a change for the better [syn: {easing}, {relief}] 3: the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: {temperance}] [ant: {intemperance}] 4: the action of lessening in severity or intensity: "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"
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