Synonyms for moderation
ˌmɒd əˈreɪ ʃənmod·er·a·tion

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1. moderation

   Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.

   Synonyms:
   abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, fasting, frugality, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, sobriety, temperance

   Antonyms:
   drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness

   Preposition:
   The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.

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1. moderation

   Synonyms:
   temperance, sobriety, frugality, calmness, sedateness, mildness, coolness, deliberateness

   Antonyms:
   immoderation, intemperance, hastiness, rashness, precipitation

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1. moderation, moderatenessnoun

   quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

   Synonyms:
   moderateness, mitigation, easing, temperance, reasonableness, relief, modestness

   Antonyms:
   immoderation, immoderateness

2. easing, moderation, reliefnoun

   a change for the better

   Synonyms:
   fill-in, assuagement, relievo, easement, backup, ministration, temperance, succour, moderateness, ease, backup man, reliever, alleviation, rest period, rest, succor, sculptural relief, embossment, rilievo, respite, relief, stand-in, easing, mitigation, substitute

   Antonyms:
   immoderateness, immoderation

3. temperance, moderationnoun

   the trait of avoiding excesses

   Synonyms:
   easing, mitigation, sobriety, relief, moderateness, temperance

   Antonyms:
   immoderation, immoderateness

4. moderation, mitigationnoun

   the action of lessening in severity or intensity

   "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"

   Synonyms:
   relief, moderateness, mitigation, easing, temperance, palliation, extenuation

   Antonyms:
   immoderateness, immoderation

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Degree
   • Natural Virtue
   • Restraint

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1. middle of the roadverb

   in the middle of the road, you can keep track of slipping down the slope of either side. take things in moderation, the middle of the road, slowly, carefully, attentively. know your limits.

   be sure to do everything in moderation.

   Submitted by ralphjdzenutis on March 26, 2023  

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1. moderationnoun

   Synonyms:
   temperance, frugality, sobriety

2. moderationnoun

   Synonyms:
   calmness, coolness, deliberateness, sedateness, mildness, equanimity, composure

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1. moderationnoun

   Synonyms:
   mitigation, diminution, temperance, restraint, calmness

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1. List of paraphrases for "moderation":

   restraint, self-restraint, moderate

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1. Greg McBride:

   To feel good about where inflation is headed, we need to see more than just moderation in the rate of both headline and core inflation, we also need to see moderation in price pressures across a wide range of categories that are staples of the household budget: shelter, food, electricity, motor vehicle insurance, apparel, and household furnishings and operations.

2. Thietmar of Merseburg:

   Though [Theophanu] was of the weak sex she possessed moderation, trustworthiness, and good manners. In this way she protected with male vigilance the royal power for her son, friendly with all those who were honest, but with terrifying superiority against rebels.

3. Midjourney CEO David Holz:

   Moderation is hard and we’ll be shipping improved systems soon, we’re taking lots of feedback and ideas from experts and the community and are trying to be really thoughtful.

4. Mark Twain:

   Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

5. Alden Sajor Marte-Wood:

   The bill represents something of a paradox : it is an attempt to hold online platforms accountable for their role in facilitating online sexual abuse in a country with a domestic economy heavily dependent on the outsourcing of IT-BPO labor like social media content moderation from the global north.