moderation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: moderation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for moderation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moderation n quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [syn: moderation, moderateness] Antonym(s): immoderateness, immoderation a change for the better Synonym(s): easing, moderation, relief the trait of avoiding excesses Synonym(s): temperance, moderation Antonym(s): intemperance the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" Synonym(s): moderation, mitigation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moderation \Mod`era"tion\, n. [L. moderatio: cf. F. mod[82]ration.] 1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint. 2. The state or quality of being mmoderate. In moderation* placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. --Pope. 3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. --Motley. 4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to {mods}.