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Moderation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Moderation : (noun)
1: quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [syn: moderateness]
[ant: immoderation]
2: a change for the better [syn: easing, relief]
3: the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance] [ant: intemperance]
4: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the
object being control or moderation of economic
depressions"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Moderation : \Mod`er*a"tion\, n. [L. moderatio: cf. F.
mod['e]ration.]
1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.
2. The state or quality of being mmoderate.
In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories
call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. --Pope.
3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with
moderation.
The calm and judicious moderation of Orange.
--Motley.
4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the
University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Moderation |
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MrAaronBall: @teaching_w_tech The teacher will never be replaced. There are loads of great tech tools but they need teacher Moderation. #EdTechCoffee |
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mikel33: @RJToronto lol easy buddy it's still early! Moderation is the key ;) |
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brilliantsass: "If you live in the mentality of what you cannot have, then you binge on it. Because then you fixate on it.." Beth Moore, on Moderation. |
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