All moderation synonyms
mod·er·a·tion
M m noun moderation
- restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- fairness — the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- patience — a female given name.
- coolness — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- justness — the quality or state of being just, equitable, or right: His justness was never doubted.
- measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- toleration — an act or instance of tolerating, especially of what is not actually approved; forbearance: to show toleration toward the protesters.
- lenity — the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- justice — Donald, 1925–2004, U.S. poet.
- steadiness — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
- dispassionate — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
- mildness — amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- poise — a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in which a stress of one dyne per square centimeter is required to maintain a difference of velocity of one centimeter per second between two parallel planes in the fluid that lie in the direction of flow and are separated by a distance of one centimeter. Symbol: P.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- sedateness — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- judicious — using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
- equability — A condition of being equable; uniformity.
- dispassionateness — The state or quality of being dispassionate.
- equanimity — Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, esp. in a difficult situation.
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- golden mean — the perfect moderate course or position that avoids extremes; the happy medium.