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tempered

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tem·pered  (tmprd)
adj.
1. Having a specified temper or disposition. Often used in combination: sweet-tempered; ill-tempered.
2. Adjusted or attuned by the addition of a counterbalancing element; moderated or measured: "prepare the country to expect hard choices and to appreciate tempered values and moderation in private and public life" (Haynes Johnson).
3. Made appropriately hard or flexible by tempering: a sword of tempered steel.
4. Having the requisite degree of hardness or elasticity. Used of glass or a metal.
5. Music Tuned to temperament. Used of a scale, an interval, semitone, or intonation.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.temperedtempered - made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
hardened, toughened, treated
unhardened, untempered - not brought to a proper consistency or hardness; "untempered mortar"; "untempered steel"
2.tempered - adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
untempered - not moderated or controlled; "his untempered individualism"
Translations
tempered [ˈtɛmpəd] adj [steel] → templado
tempered [ˈtɛmpəd] adj [steel] → trempé(e)
tempered [ˈtɛmpəd] adj [steel] → gehärtet
tempered [ˈtɛmpəd] adj [steel] → temprato/a


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If our expectation of advantage be tempered in this way, we may succeed in accomplishing the essential part of our schemes.
The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context
Dick had a respect for his father as the best of men, tempered by the politic revolt of a youth who has to see to his own independence.
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On that occasion, he again, with a full heart, acknowledged that God had tempered judgment with mercy.
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