moderation

moderation
I noun abstemiousness, abstinence, alleviation, assuagement, avoidance of extremes, balance, calmness, composure, conservatism, constraint, continence, continentia, control, coolness, deliberateness, diminution, dispassionateness, economy, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, frugality, gentleness, innocuousness, justice, lack of excess, lenience, leniency, lenity, limitation, mean, mildness, mitigation, moderateness, moderatism, modus, nonviolence, palliation, patience, quiet, reasonableness, reduction, regulation, restraint, restriction, sedateness, self-control, sobriety, steadiness, temperance, temperantia, temperateness, thrift, thriftiness II index composure, continence, control (restriction), lenience, mitigation, regulation (management), remission, restraint, temperance

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  • modération — [ mɔderasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XVIe; moderacion v. 1355; lat. moderatio 1 ♦ Caractère, comportement d une personne qui est éloignée de tout excès. Faire preuve de modération dans sa conduite. ⇒ circonspection , mesure, pondération, réserve, retenue,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • moderation — Moderation. s. f. v. Vertu qui retranche toute sorte d excés. Grande moderation. moderation d esprit. il s est conduit en cette affaire avec beaucoup de moderation, avec peu de moderation. il y a apporté toute la moderation possible. user de… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Moderation — Modération Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Moderation — Mod er*a tion, n. [L. moderatio: cf. F. mod[ e]ration.] 1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint. [1913 Webster] 2. The state or quality of being mmoderate. [1913 Webster] In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • moderation — Moderation, Moderatio, Temperantia. Sans moderation ne attrempance, Intemperanter. Faire moderation, Demere de capite, B. ex Cic …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • moderation — modération фр. [модэрасьо/н] moderation англ. [модэрэ/йшн] умеренность …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • modération — фр. [модэрасьо/н] moderation англ. [модэрэ/йшн] умеренность …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • moderation — (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. moderacion (14c.) alteration, modification; mitigation, alleviation, from L. moderationem (nom. moderatio) a controlling, guidance, government, regulation; moderation, temperateness, self control, noun of action from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • moderation — [mäd΄ər ā′shən] n. 1. a moderating, or bringing within bounds 2. avoidance of excesses or extremes 3. absence of violence; calmness in moderation to a moderate degree; without excess …   English World dictionary

  • moderation — [n] temperance balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, dispassionateness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, judiciousness, justice, justness, lenity, measure, mildness, moderateness, patience, poise, quiet,… …   New thesaurus

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