moderation.

1. Restraint that keeps behavior, quantity or expression from becoming excessive.

2. The management of a discussion or forum’s participation or content according to applicable procedures or rules.

3. Variation in the relationship between variables according to the value or condition of another variable.

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Words that belong together

• exercise moderation
• moderation in consumption

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The advice called for moderation in consumption rather than complete avoidance.

The chair urged moderation in the language used to describe the disputed findings.

Usage notes

Primary category: science / research / methodology. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: method specification, measurement critique, model interpretation, qualification. Disciplines: research methods, statistics, experimental design. Commonness: moderately common.