moderation
moderations
Eating foods in moderation is a key to maintaining a healthy diet. That means you have a little bit of everything, rather than gorging, say, on steak and ice cream.
The word moderation describes a middle ground often in either behavior or political opinions. When a politician tries not to be too extreme to the left or right, he is using moderation to hold a middle ground in the hopes of getting as many voters as possible. Moderation can also be the act of tempering an extreme. Try a moderation of your coffee habit, and cut down from 8 cups a day to 2.
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quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
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synonyms:
moderateness
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Antonyms:
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immoderateness, immoderation
the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation
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types:
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golden mean
the middle between extremes
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reasonableness
moderation in expectations
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immoderateness, immoderation
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the trait of avoiding excesses
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synonyms:
temperance
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Antonyms:
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intemperance
the quality of being intemperate
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types:
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dryness, sobriety
moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs
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abstemiousness
moderation in eating and drinking
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type of:
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natural virtue
(scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature
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control, restraint
discipline in personal and social activities
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intemperance
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the action of lessening in severity or intensity“the object being control or moderation of economic depressions”
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synonyms:
mitigation
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types:
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abatement
the act of abating
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abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement
(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
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type of:
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decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
the act of decreasing or reducing something
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abatement
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a change for the better
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types:
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disembarrassment
something that extricates you from embarrassment
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breath of fresh air
a welcome relief
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alteration, change, modification
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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disembarrassment
Vocabulary lists containing moderation
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Self-proclaimed slacker Cameron Boxer finds himself unexpectedly leading a club devoted to performing good deeds.
In this classic novel, John Midas discovers that you can have too much a good thing when everything he touches turns to chocolate.
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