Third-person singular simple present indicative form of temperate

simple past tense and past participle of temperate

In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.

Moderate; not excessive / Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions / Proceeding from temperance. / Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.

(obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate

The characteristic of being temperate.

(idiomatic) Used to tell someone to control their (bad) temper

plural of temperment

A person who tempers (in any meaning). / A device that tempers; an annealer. / A machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.

temperate, moderate / sober