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moderation
Found in thesaurus: grade, level, degree, alteration, change, modification, natural virtue, restraint, control, decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
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moderation
n.
temperance, quality of being moderate; instance of being moderated
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Moderation
Moderation is the process of eliminating or lessening extremes. It is used to ensure normality throughout the medium on which it is being conducted. Common uses of moderation include:
- Ensuring consistency and accuracy in the marking of student assessments.
- A moderator may remove unsuitable contributions from the website, forum or IRC channel they represent in accordance with their moderation system.
- A more proactive nuance is found in the Methodist church's use of the term for the heads of its conferences.
- A neutron moderator is used to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
- A way of life emphasizing perfect amounts of everything, not indulging in too much of one thing, hence moderation.
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moderation
Noun
1. quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
(synonym) moderateness
(antonym) immoderation, immoderateness
(hypernym) degree, grade, level
(hyponym) golden mean
(attribute) moderate
(derivation) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
2. a change for the better
(synonym) easing, relief
(hypernym) change, alteration, modification
(hyponym) disembarrassment
3. the trait of avoiding excesses
(synonym) temperance
(hypernym) restraint, control
(hyponym) sobriety
4. the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"
(hypernym) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
(hyponym) abatement
(derivation) mince, soften, moderate
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modération
nf.
moderation, restraint; mildness, modesty; temperance, soberness
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moderation
n.
umírněnost; spravedlivost; rozumná míra
