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contemperation

contemperation noun: the act of tempering or moderating.

Noun

contemperation (countable and uncountable, plural contemperations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of tempering or moderating.
    • Fourthly, The proper use of ayre attracted by the lungs, and without which there is no durable continuation in life, is not the nutrition of parts, but the contemperation of that fervour in the heart, and the ventilation of that fire alwaies maintained in the forge of life; […]1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) A proportionate combination or mixture.
    • I vvould further Knovv vvhy this Contemperation of Light and Shade, that is made, for Example, by the Skin of a Ripe Cherry, ſhould exhibit a Red, and not a Green, and the Leaf of the ſame Tree ſhould exhibit a Green rather than a Red; […]1664, Robert Boyle, chapter V, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, part I, page 91

Forms of contemperation

pluralcontemperations

Questions about contemperation

What does contemperation mean?
Contemperation means the act of tempering or moderating.
What part of speech is contemperation?
Contemperation is a noun.
What is the plural of contemperation?
The plural of contemperation is contemperations.

Words near contemperation in the dictionary

  1. contemp
  2. contemp.
  3. contemper
  4. contemperate
  5. contemperates
  6. contemperation
  7. contemperations
  8. contemperature
  9. contempered
  10. contempering
  11. contempers

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