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moderation

American  
[mod-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌmɒd əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.

  2. the act of moderating.

  3. British. moderations, the first public examinations at Oxford University for the B.A. degree in mathematics or in classics.

idioms

  1. in moderation, without excess; moderately; temperately.

    to drink in moderation.
moderation British  
/ ˌmɒdəˈreɪʃən /

noun

  1. the state or an instance of being moderate; mildness; balance

  2. the act of moderating

  3. within moderate or reasonable limits

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Other Word Forms

  • promoderation adjective

Etymology

Origin of moderation

1375–1425; late Middle English moderacion < Latin moderātiōn- (stem of moderātiō ). See moderate, -ion

Example Sentences

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It added that the recent shocks are being transmitted through "supply constraints, and pressures across sectors, with early indications of some moderation in economic activity".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Shortly after Musk’s 2022 acquisition of the platform, then known as Twitter, he loosened the site’s approach to content moderation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Otherwise it waits for someone to complain to its content moderation team, which could then decide to affix a label to something.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

This comes as major tech platforms pull back anti-disinformation guardrails, including scaling down content moderation and reducing their reliance on human fact-checkers.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

His name was Temperance Noah, which was odd since he was not a man of moderation at all.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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