'Moderation' definitions:

Definition of 'moderation'

From: WordNet
noun
Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [syn: moderation, moderateness] [ant: immoderateness, immoderation]
noun
A change for the better [syn: easing, moderation, relief]
noun
The trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance, moderation] [ant: intemperance]
noun
The action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn: moderation, mitigation]

Definition of 'Moderation'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 Whig, and Whigs a Tory. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. [1913 Webster]
  • The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods. [1913 Webster]