moderationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmɒd.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɑː.dəˈreɪ.ʃən/moderation noun [ U ] (REASONABLE LIMITS)
C1 the quality of doing something within reasonable limits:
You can eat whatever you want as long as it's in moderation.
All parties will have to show great moderation during these very difficult negotiations.
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Self-control and moderation
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect
- command
- constraint
- continent
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous
- dignified
- grip
- impervious
- lightly
- mind over matter idiom
- moderation in all things idiom
- monastic
- monasticism
- restrict yourself to sth
- rise above sth
- self-controlled
- self-denial
- self-discipline
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moderation noun [ U ] (REDUCTION)
formal the fact that something becomes less in size, strength, or force:
We can't sail until there is some moderation of the storm.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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Idiom(s)
moderation in all things