moderation, mitigation
(noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity; “the object being control or moderation of economic depressions”
temperance, moderation
(noun) the trait of avoiding excesses
moderation, moderateness
(noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
easing, moderation, relief
(noun) a change for the better
Source: WordNet® 3.1
moderation (countable and uncountable, plural moderations)
The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way
The process of moderating a discussion
Source: Wiktionary
Mod`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. moderatio: cf. F. modération.]
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.
Definition: The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
