| Main Entry: | moderation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
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balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, dispassionateness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, judiciousness, justice, justness, lenity, measure, mildness, moderateness, patience, poise, quiet, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, sedation, sobriety, steadiness, toleration |
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extreme, indulgence, intemperance, intensity, outrageousness, severity, unlimitedness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | moderateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moderation |
Synonyms: |
balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, dispassionateness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, judiciousness, justice, justness, lenity, measure, mildness, patience, poise, quiet, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, sedation, sobriety, steadiness, temperance, toleration |
| Main Entry: | moderation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Moderation. |
| Category: | 3. POWER IN OPERATION |
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-nouns
moderation, lenity; temperateness, gentleness; sobriety; quiet; mental calmness (inexcitability)., moderating; anaphrodisia; relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification., measure, juste milieu, golden mean., moderator; lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum; rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, "poppy or mandragora"; wet blanket; palliative.
-verbs
be moderate; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail., moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy; attemper, contemper; mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken; lessen (decrease); check palliate., tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb (restrain); tame (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin., go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove," [Midsummer-Night's Dream].
-adjectives
moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon., unexciting, unirritating; soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne; hypnotic; sedative; antiorgastic, anaphrodisiac., mild as mother's milk; milk and water.
-adverbs
moderately; gingerly; piano; under easy sail, at half speed; within bounds, within compass; in reason.
-phrases
est modus in rebus ["There is a limit to things" (Latin)].
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