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moderation

[mod-uh-rey-shuhn]

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.



moderation

/ ˌɒəˈɪʃə /

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of moderation1

1375–1425; late Middle English moderacion < Latin ǻپō- (stem of ǻپō ). See moderate, -ion
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Idioms and Phrases

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

    to drink in moderation.

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The platform has also rejected accusations that its moderation policies are not sufficiently robust.

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They are learning about how to eat in moderation, how to exercise safely and how to feel good about themselves.

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That includes robust age checks, safer algorithms which don't recommend harmful content, and effective content moderation.

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The company also announced in January that it was rolling back content moderation policies that Republicans said had amounted to censorship.

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He also thanked his lawyers for their "relentless efforts in demonstrating that, when it comes to moderation, cooperation, and fighting crime, for years Telegram not only met but exceeded its legal obligations".

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