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Mitigative
- adjective - moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
Moderating
- verb - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "
- lessening in intensity or strength
- make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed"
- make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
- make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
- preside over; "John moderated the discussion"
- restrain
Moderation
- noun - a change for the better
- quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
- the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"
- the trait of avoiding excesses
Moderatism
- noun - a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action
Modulating
- verb - adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
- change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
- vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
- vary the pitch of one's speech
Modulation
- noun - (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
- a musical passage moving from one key to another
- rise and fall of the voice pitch
- the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
Monetarism
- noun - an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money
Monetarist
- noun - an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money
Monogamies
- noun - having only one spouse at a time
Monogamist
- noun - someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)