Definition of moderation

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Moderation (n.) The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint..

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Moderation :: Moderation (n.) The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
Litotes :: Litotes (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, a citizen of no mean city, that is, of an illustrious city..
Spare :: Spare (n.) The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
Immoderation :: Immoderation (n.) Want of moderation.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper..
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
Moderation :: Moderation (n.) The state or quality of being mmoderate.
Moderate :: Moderate (n.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine..
Moderateness :: Moderateness (n.) The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.
Hoa :: Hoa (interj.) A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..
Moderance :: Moderance (n.) Moderation.
Measure :: Measure (n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure..
Continency :: Continency (n.) The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence..
Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) 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..
Moderator :: Moderator (n.) In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts..
Extravagance :: Extravagance (n.) The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands..
Moderatism :: Moderatism (n.) Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion..
Moderation :: Moderation (n.) Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation..
Compass :: Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within..
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