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   Moderation (?), n. [L. moderatio: cf. F. modération.]
   1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.
   
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   2. The state or quality of being mmoderate.
   
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   In moderation placing all my glory,
   
   While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Pope.
   
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   3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, “to bear adversity with moderation”.
   
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   The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. Motley.
   
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   4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
   
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