"moderation" meaning in English

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  "hyphenation": "mo‧de‧ra‧tion",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's OK to have some sweets, as long as you do so in moderation."
        },
        {
          "text": "I try to remember that a healthy path is balance, variety and moderation."
        },
        {
          "text": "The president, widely respected as a voice of wisdom and moderation, has died."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Moderation is the quality of doing things at a reasonable level, not too much or too little, too hard or too gently, etc."
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          "word": "restraint"
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          "word": "calmness"
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  "word": "moderation"
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        {
          "text": "It's OK to have some sweets, as long as you do so in moderation."
        },
        {
          "text": "I try to remember that a healthy path is balance, variety and moderation."
        },
        {
          "text": "The president, widely respected as a voice of wisdom and moderation, has died."
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