the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or character of being moderate; temperateness; a middle state between extremes: as, the moderateness of the heat: used commonly of things,. as moderation is of persons.
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n. the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
n. quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
Word Usage
"I have never attacked a moderate, though I confess to not understanding "moderateness" as an ideological position."