moderation

[ 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.

  1. moderations, British. the first public examinations at Oxford University for the B.A. degree in mathematics or in classics.

Idioms about moderation

  1. in moderation, without excess; moderately; temperately: to drink in moderation.

Origin of moderation

1
1375–1425; late Middle English moderacion<Latin moderātiōn- (stem of moderātiō). See moderate, -ion

Other words from moderation

  • pro·mod·er·a·tion, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for moderation

moderation

/ (ˌmɒdəˈreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the state or an instance of being moderate; mildness; balance

  2. the act of moderating

  1. in moderation within moderate or reasonable limits

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