moderation

See also: modération

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Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō. Morphologically moderate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: mŏd'ə-rāʹ-shən; IPA^(key): /ˌmɑdəˈɹeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒdəˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

moderation (countable and uncountable, plural moderations)

1. The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
   • 1696, William Stephens, An Account of the Growth of Deism in England, page 17:

     ...It regulates and governs the Passions of the Mind, and brings them into due moderation and frame...

   • 1772, Robert Clive, :

     Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!

   • 1821 October 12, Lord Byron, :

     America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

2. An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way
   • 1936 March, The Southern Lumberman‎, page 34:

     With the quick moderation of the weather some buying has appeared that had been held up because of the extremely cold weather […] .

3. The process of moderating a discussion

   The moderation of a large online forum can be hard work.

4. Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor.

Derived terms

• e-moderation
• in moderation
• post-moderation
• pre-moderation
• wage moderation

 

Related terms

• moderate
• moderateness
• moderating

Translations

state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes

Bulgarian: умереност (bg) f (umerenost), сдържаност (bg) f (sdǎržanost) Catalan: moderació f Czech: umírněnost f Finnish: maltillisuus (fi) French: modération (fr) f Galician: moderación (gl) f, mesura f German: Maßhalten n Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌴𐌹 f (anawiljei) Greek: μέτρο (el) n (métro) Ancient: μετριότης f (metriótēs) Indonesian: kelunakan (id), moderasi Italian: moderazione (it) f Korean: 절제 (ko) (jeolje) Latin: modestia f, temperantia f Malay: penyederhanaan Norwegian: Bokmål: moderasjon m Nynorsk: moderasjon m Old English: metegung f Old Norse: hóf n Ottoman Turkish: اعتدال (i’tidâl) Polish: umiar (pl) m, wstrzemięźliwość (pl) f Portuguese: moderação (pt) Romagnol: régula f Romanian: moderație (ro), cumpătare (ro) Spanish: moderación (es) f Swedish: måtta (sv) c, återhållsamhet (sv) c, hejd (sv) c, måttfullhet (sv) c Turkish: itidal (tr) Ukrainian: поміркованість f (pomirkovanistʹ)

instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes

Finnish: kohtuus (fi) French: modération (fr) f Galician: moderación (gl) f German: Mäßigung (de) f Italian: moderazione (it) f Korean: 완화 (wanhwa) Old English: metegung Romanian: moderare (ro) f

moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation

German: Diskussionsleitung f Hebrew: פיקוח (pikooah') Indonesian: moderasi Italian: moderazione (it) f Korean: 사회 (ko) (sahoe) Polish: moderacja f Romanian: prezidare (ro) f, regulare (ro) f

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