moderation

The act of moderating or restraining; the process of tempering, lessening, or mitigating.

The state or quality of being moderate or keeping a due mean between opposite extremes; freedom from excess; temperance; due restraint.

Habitual slowness of thought, speech, or action; great deliberation.

The act of presiding over, regulating, or directing as a moderator.

plural In the University of Oxford, England, the first public examination for degrees.

Synonyms Forbearance, equanimity, sobriety, self-restraint, mildness, composure, calmness.

The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

The state or quality of being mmoderate.

Calmness of mind; equanimity.

The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; — usually contracted to mods.