| NOUN | attribute | moderation, moderateness | quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes / extremes |
|---|---|---|---|
| event | moderation, easing, relief | a change for the better | |
| attribute | moderation, temperance | the trait of avoiding / avoiding excesses | |
| act | moderation, mitigation | the action of lessening in severity or intensity |
| Sounds | maa.derey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes / extremes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | moderateness | |
| Attributes | immoderate | Beyond reasonable limits |
| moderate | Within reasonable or average limits | |
| Narrower | golden mean | The middle between extremes / extremes |
| reasonableness | moderation in expectations | |
| Broader | degree, grade, level | A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality |
| Opposite | immoderation, immoderateness | The quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation |
| Spanish | moderación | |
| Catalan | moderació | |
| Verbs | moderate | make less fast or intense |
| moderate | make less strong or intense | |
| moderate | lessen the intensity of | |
| Meaning | A change for the better. | |
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| Synonyms | easing, relief | |
| Narrower | breath of fresh air | A welcome relief |
| disembarrassment | Something that extricates you from embarrassment | |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| Spanish | aligeración, aligeramiento, alivio, desahogo, descanso, moderación, respiro, sosiego | |
| Catalan | alleugeriment, alleujament, descans | |
| Meaning | The trait of avoiding / avoiding excesses. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | temperance | |
| Narrower | abstemiousness | moderation in eating and drinking / drinking |
| sobriety, dryness | moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs | |
| Broader | natural virtue | (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature |
| restraint, control | discipline in personal and social activities | |
| Opposite | intemperance | The quality of being intemperate |
| Spanish | moderación, temperancia, templanza | |
| Catalan | moderació, moderança, temprança | |
| Nouns | moderationist | a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer) |
| Meaning | The action of lessening in severity or intensity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" | |
| Synonym | mitigation | |
| Narrower | abatement | The act of abating |
| Broader | decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down | The act of decreasing or reducing something |
| Spanish | moderación | |
| Catalan | moderació | |
| Verbs | moderate | make less severe or harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh |
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