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moderation

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mod⋅er⋅a⋅tion

  [mod-uh-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
2. the act of moderating.
3. moderations, British. the first public examinations at Oxford University for the B.A. degree in mathematics or in classics.
—Idiom
4. in moderation, without excess; moderately; temperately: to drink in moderation.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME moderacion < L moderātiōn- (s. of moderātiō). See moderate, -ion
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mod·er·ate   (mŏd'ər-ĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme: a moderate price.

  2. Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate: a moderate climate.

    1. Of medium or average quantity or extent.

    2. Of limited or average quality; mediocre.

  4. Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion.

n.  One who holds or champions moderate views or opinions, especially in politics or religion.
v.   (mŏd'ə-rāt') mod·er·at·ed, mod·er·at·ing, mod·er·ates

v.   tr.

  1. To lessen the violence, severity, or extremeness of.

  2. To preside over: She was chosen to moderate the convention.

v.   intr.

  1. To become less violent, severe, or extreme; abate.

  2. To act as a moderator.


[Middle English moderat, from Latin moderātus, past participle of moderārī, to moderate; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
mod'er·ate·ly adv., mod'er·ate·ness n., mod'er·a'tion n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to make less extreme or intense: moderated the severity of his rebuke; qualified her criticism; admiration tempered with fear.
Antonym: intensify
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Word Origin & History

moderation 
1437, from M.Fr. moderation, from L. moderationem (nom. moderatio) "moderating," from moderatus (see moderate (adj.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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