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Definition of moderating : of Moderate

Synonyms:

analgetic, alleviatory, tempering, lenitive, palliative, mitigative, analgesic, mitigatory, anodyne, alleviative, weakening

economizing, conserving, pinching pennies, saving, scrimping, budgeting

relaxing, restraining, abating, calming, pacifying, alleviating, quieting, easing, composing, soothing, cooling, subduing, tranquilizing, softening

hushing, smoothing, appeasing, lulling, mollifying, defusing, stabilizing, ebbing, reconciling, placating, quelling, conciliating

mitigating, palliating, assuaging, allaying, reducing, lessening, relieving

Usage examples:

• He had hitherto exercised a moderating influence on the government. - "A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6)", Leopold von Ranke.
• The white leaders exercised a moderating influence, but the average white man had determined to do away with Negro government even though the alternative might be a return of military rule. - "The Sequel of Appomattox A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States, Volume 32 In The Chronicles Of America Series", Walter Lynwood Fleming.
• Cold water sponging is a convenient and grateful method of moderating febrile heat of the surface, provided undoubted powers of reaction be present in the system. - "The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease.", Thomas Bull, M.D..