temperateness
Avoiding all extremes
Temperateness is the quality of being moderate or restrained—avoiding extremes.
It applies to climate, behavior, or disposition.
A region's temperateness makes it neither too hot nor too cold.
A person's temperateness shows in measured responses rather than emotional excess: The temperateness of her reply surprised everyone who expected an outburst.
Avoidance of excess
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
judiciousness · reasonableness · measured · conservatism · frugality · simplicity · restraint · forbearance
Emotional self-control
- calmnessPeaceful mental state
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- evennessUniform, balanced quality
steadiness · poise · coolheadedness · self-possession · imperturbability · unflappability · placidity · sangfroid
Soft, kind demeanor
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- lenienceMildness in judgment
- mildnessGentle, moderate quality
blandness · moderateness · pleasantness · agreeableness · benignity · kindliness · tenderness · tolerance
moderation
Avoidance of excess
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
discretion · judiciousness · reasonableness · measured · conservatism · frugality · simplicity · restraint · forbearance · abstemiousness
composure
Emotional self-control
- calmnessPeaceful mental state
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
evenness · steadiness · poise · coolheadedness · self-possession · imperturbability · unflappability · placidity · sangfroid · aplomb
gentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- lenienceMildness in judgment
mildness · blandness · moderateness · pleasantness · agreeableness · benignity · kindliness · tenderness · tolerance · leniency
temperatenessintemperance
Habitual lack of restraint
excess · immoderation · intemperateness · excessiveness · extremeness
temperatenessirrationality
Absence of logic
unreasonableness · radicalness · fanaticism · zealotry · extremism