Moderation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The state or quality of being mmoderate.

II. Moderation ·noun The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

III. Moderation ·noun Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation.

IV. Moderation ·noun The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford;

— usually contracted to mods.