MODERATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does moderation mean?
• MODERATION (noun)
The noun MODERATION has 4 senses:
1. quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
2. a change for the better
3. the trait of avoiding excesses
4. the action of lessening in severity or intensity
Familiarity information: MODERATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MODERATION (noun)
Meaning:
Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
moderation; moderateness
Hypernyms ("moderation" is a kind of...):
degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)
Attribute:
moderate (being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme)
immoderate (not within reasonable limits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moderation"):
golden mean (the middle between extremes)
reasonableness (moderation in expectations)
Antonym:
immoderation (the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation)
Meaning:
A change for the better
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
easing; moderation; relief
Hypernyms ("moderation" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moderation"):
disembarrassment (something that extricates you from embarrassment)
breath of fresh air (a welcome relief)
Meaning:
The trait of avoiding excesses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
temperance; moderation
Hypernyms ("moderation" is a kind of...):
natural virtue ((scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence and justice and fortitude and temperance) derived from nature)
control; restraint (discipline in personal and social activities)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moderation"):
dryness; sobriety (moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs)
abstemiousness (moderation in eating and drinking)
Meaning:
The action of lessening in severity or intensity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
mitigation; moderation
Context example:
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions
Hypernyms ("moderation" is a kind of...):
decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moderation"):
abatement (the act of abating)
