Temperate

a.	1.	Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
	2.	Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. - Shak. That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. - Tennyson.
	3.	Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. - Franklin.
	4.	Proceeding from temperance. The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. - Pope. Temperate zone (Geog.) that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; - so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
v. t.	1.	To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. - Marston.

Adj.	1.	temperate - (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" Antonyms: intemperate - (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"
	2.	temperate - not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" Antonyms: intemperate - excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage"
	3.	temperate - not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" Synonyms: moderate

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