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Singular moderation

Plural countable and uncountable; plural moderations

moderation (countable and uncountable; plural moderations)

  1. the state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
    America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. –Lord Byron
    • 1696, William Stephens, An Account of the Growth of Deism in England, page 17:
      ...It regulates and governs the Passions of the Mind, and brings them into due moderation and frame...
  2. a change which improves quality
  3. something which avoids excesses
  4. an instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes
    The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. –Aristotle
  5. self-control.
    My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation! –Robert Clive
  6. supervision; mediation.
    The moderation of a large online forum can be hard work.

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