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Moderation   /mˌɑdərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Moderation

noun
1.
Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes.  Synonym: moderateness.
2.
A change for the better.  Synonyms: easing, relief.
3.
The trait of avoiding excesses.  Synonym: temperance.
4.
The action of lessening in severity or intensity.  Synonym: mitigation.



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"Moderation" Quotes from Famous Books



... affections in distinction from wedded love. They are too unsavory for him to mention by name, though in Romans 1, 24 he finds it expedient to speak of them without disguise. However, also wedded love must be characterized by moderation among Christians. While there is a conjugal duty to be required by necessity, it is for the very purpose of avoiding unchastity and uncleanness. The ideal and perfect condition, it is true, would be cohabitation ...
— Epistle Sermons, Vol. II - Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost • Martin Luther

... path soon marked the way to his abode. It was believed that he could foretell the future, reveal the haunts of animals of the chase, and inform anxious inquirers about the fate of friends. He evaded impossible requests skilfully, and by moderation in his pretensions he was able to maintain the respect of his many suppliants. He jealously guarded in his lodge a bowl credited with miraculous powers, which he claimed the Great Spirit had bestowed upon him. He had ...
— Tecumseh - A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. - 17 of Chronicles of Canada • Ethel T. Raymond

... seven. But it wuzn't till long, long afterwards that the rich grew enormously rich and the poor poorer, and what a man had wuz honored instead of what he wuz. Over and over the drama has been played out, moderation and contentment, luxury and discontent, revolution and ruin, but I did hope that our republic, havin' more warnin's and nigher the millenium, wouldn't go the same old jog trot up, up—up, and down, down, down. I wuz some in hopes they would hear to ...
— Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife • Marietta Holley

... stud of hunters, and rode independently of her husband, who followed the amusement in a less erratic style than his wife, and in more moderation. ...
— Bluebell - A Novel • Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

... witty and refined, and so gallant, with a gallantry that was a homage and not an insult. He was so good, too, to the humble, and always so gay. He was not, certainly, the ideal of elegance, but there was a moderation in his gestures, a gentleness in his way of speaking, which savoured of the old French peer. He was quick at repartee, and his observations were gentle but pertinent. He recited poetry badly, but adored hearing it well ...
— My Double Life - The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt • Sarah Bernhardt


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