To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
To become less excessive
To preside over (something) as a moderator
To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
Average priced; standard-deal
more than mild, less than severe
Mediocre
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
Not excessive; acting in moderation
To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.
To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.
Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion.
A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist.
A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y charged with crosses.
Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”).
A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.