Usually means: Balanced, measured approach to actions.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word moderation:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. moderation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. moderation: Merriam-Webster
  3. moderation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. moderation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. moderation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Moderation, moderation: Wordnik
  7. moderation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. moderation: Wiktionary
  9. moderation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. moderation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. moderation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Moderation, moderation: Dictionary.com
  13. moderation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. moderation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Moderation (Internet), Moderation (disambiguation), Moderation (song), Moderation (statistics), Moderation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Moderation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. moderation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. moderation: Rhymezone
  19. moderation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. moderation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. moderation: FreeDictionary.org
  22. moderation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. moderation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moderation: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moderation: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. moderation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. moderation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. moderation: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. moderation: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. moderation: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
▸ noun:  An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way
▸ noun:  The process of moderating a discussion
▸ noun:  Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor.

Similar:
temperance, easing, relief, moderacy, immoderateness, immoderancy, immoderacy, modicity, sobriety, mediocrity, more...

Opposite:
immoderation, excess, excessiveness

Types:
balanced moderation, strict moderation, lenient moderation, reactive moderation, self-moderation, content moderation, more...

Phrases:
in moderation, Great Moderation, automated retroactive minimal moderation, with moderation, without moderation, more...

Adjectives:
great, more, such, political, wise, own, extreme, relative, certain, studied, due

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Similar:
temperance, easing, relief, moderacy, immoderateness, immoderancy, immoderacy, modicity, sobriety, mediocrity, more...

Opposite:
immoderation, excess, excessiveness

Types:
balanced moderation, strict moderation, lenient moderation, reactive moderation, self-moderation, content moderation, more...

Phrases:
in moderation, Great Moderation, automated retroactive minimal moderation, with moderation, without moderation, Argument to moderation, Moderation system, Moderation and Development Party, more...

Adjectives:
great, more, such, political, wise, own, extreme, relative, certain, studied, due

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     sage,     olive,     mauve, more...



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