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sophrosyne

[suh-fros-uh-nee]

so·phros·y·ne

[suh-fros-uh-nee]
noun
moderation; discretion; prudence.
Compare hubris.


Origin:
< Greek sōphrosýnē, derivative of sṓphrōn prudent
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Sophrosyne is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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