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US
/ˌmɑdɝˈeɪʃən/
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[ UK /mˌɒdəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /mˌɒdəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
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the action of lessening in severity or intensity
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions - the trait of avoiding excesses
- 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?