Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
Average priced; standard-deal
more than mild, less than severe
Mediocre
Not excessive; acting in moderation
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.
To become less excessive
To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
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).
Tending to cut or tear.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of reaping.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The material cut off in this way.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.