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

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. moderation

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

    Antonyms:
    immoderation, intemperance, hastiness, rashness, precipitation

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  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  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. moderationnoun

    Synonyms:
    temperance, frugality, sobriety

  2. moderationnoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. moderationnoun

    Synonyms:
    mitigation, diminution, temperance, restraint, calmness

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "moderation":

    restraint, self-restraint, moderate

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How to use moderation in a sentence?

  1. Cicero:

    Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

  2. Sarah House:

    I think ultimately where we are seeing the demand for labor cool -- we're seeing that in Job Openings, we see that in the hiring plans -- that we would expect to see some moderation in the pace of earnings growth on trend.

  3. 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.

  4. Jonathan Greenblatt:

    These findings, combined with Twitter gutting its trust and safety operations, suggest serious issues will continue to persist on the platform as it pertains to effective content moderation and the proliferation of antisemitism.

  5. Mitch McConnell:

    I think it can best be described as the 'Biden bait and switch,' president Biden ran as a moderate, but I'm hard-pressed to think of anything at all that he's done — so far — that would indicate some degree of moderation.


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