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

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..

Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.

Excess :: Excess (n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

Insobriety :: Insobriety (n.) Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness..

Moderation :: Moderation (n.) Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation..

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.

Repose :: Repose (v.) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose..

Moderation :: Moderation (n.) The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.

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..

Temperature :: Temperature (n.) Freedom from passion; moderation.

Abstemious :: Abstemious (a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet..

Hoa :: Hoa (interj.) A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

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..

Moderateness :: Moderateness (n.) The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

Mean :: Mean (n.) That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure..

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..

Subderivative :: Subderisorious (a.) Ridiculing with moderation.

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..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..

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