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moderation

[ US /ˌmɑdɝˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /mˌɒdəɹˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
  2. the action of lessening in severity or intensity
    the object being control or moderation of economic depressions
  3. the trait of avoiding excesses
  4. a change for the better

How To Use moderation In A Sentence

  • So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
  • The surprise is learning that even when a school's moderation process is proved faulty under the NCEA, students can still retain their inflated marks.
  • Overeating and drunkenness both violated social moral codes, although the latter appears to have been a much weightier transgression: intoxication is frequently listed among the serious crimes — "pleasurable living," adultery, theft — mentioned by Sahagún's informants. 47 Indigenous drinking practices also shocked Spaniards who had their own ideals of moderation when it came to alcohol consumption, a topic that we look at in Chapter 4. Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
  • The answer, of course, lies in a word unfamiliar to as many fitness enthusiasts as it is to the bacchanalian hedonist - moderation.
  • A Ford sedan, the very symbol of middle-class moderation, offers electrically heated outside mirrors, for crying out loud.
  • The United Nations Secretary General called on all parties to show moderation.
  • The besiegement of a people can only erode moderation, foment hatred, and bring Palestinians and Israelis back to darker times. All Roads Lead to Checkpoints
  • He scorned prudence in moderation at all times, and his behaviour, when the wave of Revolution at last carried him to power, gave point to the taunt of Thiers -- "c'est un fou furieux. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)
  • In the ancient world, courage, moderation, and justice were prime species of moral virtue.
  • Ai maed a commint adn put in teh address tu teh smileys, butt nao the pootir is showing mai comint wif teh wurds “Your comment is awaiting moderation.” I hope to God - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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