moderation

noun

Avoidance of extremes of opinion, feeling, or personal conduct: measure, moderateness, temperance. See edge/center.

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
  Synonym: moderateness
  Antonym: immoderation (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: a change for the better
  Synonyms: easing, relief

Meaning #3: the trait of avoiding excesses
  Synonym: temperance

Meaning #4: the action of lessening in severity or intensity

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mådehold, mådeholdenhed

idioms:

• in moderation    med måde

Nederlands (Dutch)
matiging, afremming, discussieleiding, examen voor B.A. in Oxford

Français (French)
n. - modération

idioms:

• in moderation    avec modération

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mäßigung, Mäßigkeit

idioms:

• in moderation    mit Maß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μετριοπάθεια, μετριασμός, αυτοσυγκράτηση

idioms:

• in moderation    με μέτρο

Italiano (Italian)
moderazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - moderação

idioms:

• in moderation    com moderação

Русский (Russian)
умеренность, спокойствие, выдержка, ослабление, замедление

idioms:

• in moderation    умеренно

Español (Spanish)
n. - moderación, temperancia, reserva

idioms:

• in moderation    con moderación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - måtta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
缓和, 温和, 适度

idioms:

• in moderation    适度地, 有节制地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 緩和, 溫和, 適度

idioms:

• in moderation    適度地, 有節制地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 적당함, 완화

idioms:

• in moderation    정도껏

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 適度, 中庸, 穏健, 節制, 緩和, 軽減, 減速

idioms:

• in moderation    適度に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إعتدال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתינות, ריסון-עצמי, התאפקות, צמצום, הקלה, הפחתה‬

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