contemperation

noun

plural -s

obsolete

: the act of contempering or state of being contempered : accommodation

also : something that contempers : compromise

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Late Latin contemperation-, contemperatio, from Latin contemperatus (past participle of contemperare) + -ion-, -io -ion

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