moderation
moderation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state or quality of being mmoderate. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Pope.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abate
- abatement
- abnegation
- abridge
- abridgment
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- abstinent
- alcoholic
- allow
- and
- anticlimax
- are
- attenuate
- average
- away
- bate
- bear
- clemency
- clement
- coarctation
- compass
- compassion
- compassionate
- contract
- contraction
- crumble
- decay
- declension
- decline
- decrease
- decreasing
- decrement
- deny
- depreciate
- depreciation
- dequantitate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is moderation.
- What is the state or quality of being mmoderate. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Pope called?
- What is calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. Motley called?
- What is pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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