What does "moderation" mean?
Moderation: The state or quality of being mmoderate. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Pope.
Additional senses
- 2.Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. Motley.
- 3.pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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