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immoderation|ɪmɒdəˈreɪʃən|
[a. F. immodération (15th c.), or ad. L. immoderātiōn-em, f. im- (im-2) + moderātio moderation.]
The opposite of moderation; immoderateness, excess.
1541Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 E j b, In competent and commoderacyon of smal conduites lyeth and consisteth the helth. And..in vncompetence and immoderacyon in them the dysease. 1640Bp. Hall Chr. Moder. (ed. Ward) 6/1 Immoderation in drinking. 1650Venning New Command Renewed Pref., Who would undertake to moderate the extreme immoderation of our days? 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Balm of Paracelsus, It..cures..the Immoderation of the Menses. 1875Manning Mission H. Ghost viii. 221 Many who have begun by some small immoderation..have ended..in a bondage of habitual excess.
†b. pl. Excesses; immoderate or intemperate acts.
1614Bp. Hall Heaven vpon Earth §18 All immoderations are enemies, as to health, so to peace. 1679T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 320 Those who are for parity in the Church have great disparities, and very disproportionate measures in their own immoderations. |