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Sense: Restraint

Synonyms:

toleration, steadiness, sobriety, coolness, the golden mean, temperateness, quiet , temperance, lenity, patience , sedation, fairness , justice , constraint , forbearance, reasonableness, dispassionateness, poise , balance , restraint , calmness, composure, equanimity, happy medium, judiciousness, justness, mildness, moderateness, sedateness

Antonyms:

without restraint, excess

Sense: The act of moderating

Synonyms:

mediation, settlement , governance , regulation , controlling, assuagement, alleviation, composing, soothing , quieting, placating, sobering, tempering, restraint , mitigation, tranquilization, pacification, sedating

Antonyms:

misgovernance, deregulation

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