Moderation MODERA'TION, n. [L. moderatio.] The state of being moderate, or of keeping a due mean between extremes or excess of violence. The General's moderation after victory was more honorable than the victory itself.
In moderation placing all my glory,
While tories call me whig, and whigs a tory.
1. Restraint of violent passions or indulgence of appetite. Eat and drink with moderation; indulge with moderation in pleasures and exercise.
2. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear prosperity or adversity with moderation.
3. Frugality in expenses.

moderation n 1: quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [syn: moderation, moderateness] [ant: immoderateness, immoderation] 2: a change for the better [syn: easing, moderation, relief] 3: the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance, moderation] [ant: intemperance] 4: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn: moderation, mitigation]

moderation 1437, from M.Fr. moderation, from L. moderationem (nom. moderatio) "moderating," from moderatus (see moderate (adj.)).

moderation noun see moderate II

moderation
n.
1 the process or an instance of moderating.
2 the quality of being moderate.
3 Physics the retardation of neutrons by a moderator (see MODERATOR 5).
4 (in pl.) (Moderations) the first public examination in some faculties for the Oxford BA degree.
Phrases and idioms:
in moderation in a moderate manner or degree.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. L moderatio -onis (as MODERATE)

moderation 1. If you say that someone's behaviour shows moderation, you approve of them because they act in a way that you think is reasonable and not extreme. The United Nations Secretary General called on all parties to show moderation. = restraint N-UNCOUNT [approval] • If you say that someone does something such as eat, drink, or smoke in moderation, you mean that they do not eat, smoke, or drink too much or more than is reasonable. Many adults are able to drink in moderation, but others become dependent on alcohol... PHRASE: PHR after v 2. see also moderate

moderation ˌmɔdəˈreɪʃən n. 1 the process or an instance of moderating. 2 the quality of being moderate. 3 Physics the retardation of neutrons by a moderator (see MODERATOR 5). 4 (in pl.) (Moderations) the first public examination in some faculties for the Oxford BA degree. øin moderation in a moderate manner or degree. [ME f. OF f. L moderatio -onis (as MODERATE)]

MODERATION Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,--health, peace, and competence. Rut health consists with temperance alone. And peace, O Virtue! peace is all thine own. Essay on Man, Epistle IV. A. POPE. These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. * * * * * Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Romeo and Juliet, Act ii. Sc. SHAKESPEARE. They surfeited with honey; and began To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof a little More than a little is by much too much. King Henry IV., Pt. I. Act iii. Sc2. SHAKESPEARE. And for my means. I'll husband them so well They shall go far with little. Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 5. SHAKESPEARE. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. Translation of Horace, Bk. II. Ode X. W. COWPER. Take this at least, this last advice, my son: Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on: The coursers of themselves will run too fast, Your art must be to moderate their haste. Metamorphoses: Phaeton, Bk. II. OVID. Translation of ADDISON. Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ride more than thou goest, Learn more than thou trowest, Set less than thou throwest. King Lear, Act i. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.

Moderation \Mod`er*a"tion\, n. [L. moderatio: cf. F. mod['e]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.

MODERATION mod-er-a'-shun (to epieikes): The word occurs once in the King James Version, Php 4:5.

moderation n. 1. Temperance, frugality, sobriety, forbearance, restraint. 2. Calmness, coolness, deliberateness, sedateness, mildness, equanimity, composure.

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