moderation

See also: modération

English

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŏd'ə-rāʹ-shən; IPA^(key): /ˌmɑdəˈɹeɪʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒdəˈɹeɪʃən/
• 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, [1]:

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

   • 1821 October 12, Lord Byron, [2]:

     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^[3], 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.

Related terms

• in moderation
• moderate
• moderateness
• moderating

Translations

state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes

• Catalan: moderació f
• Czech: umírněnost f
• Finnish: maltillisuus (fi)
• French: modération (fr) f
• German: Maßhalten n
• Greek: μέτρο (el) n (métro)

  Ancient: μετριότης f (metriótēs)

• Indonesian: kelunakan (id)
• Italian: moderazione (it) f
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• Korean: 절제 (jeolje)
• Latin: modestia f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moderasjon m

  Nynorsk: moderasjon m

• Polish: umiar (pl) m, wstrzemięźliwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: moderação (pt)
• Romanian: moderație (ro), cumpătare (ro)
• Spanish: moderación (es) f

instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes

• Finnish: kohtuus (fi)
• French: modération (fr) f
• German: Mäßigung (de) f
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• Italian: moderazione (it) f
• Korean: 완화 (wanhwa)
• Romanian: moderare (ro) f

moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation

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

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} measarthacht f
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