moderation.
The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes.
Meaning & usage
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.
The moderation of a large online forum can be hard work.
Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin *med-der.? Latin *-osder.? Latin moderō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin moderātiō Old French moderacion Middle French [Term?]bor. English moderation Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō. By surface analysis, moderate + ion.
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