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Definition of Immoderation
1. Noun. The quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation.
Generic synonyms: Degree, Grade, Level
Specialized synonyms: Excess, Excessiveness, Inordinateness
Derivative terms: Immoderate
Antonyms: Moderation
Definition of Immoderation
1. n. Want of moderation.
Definition of Immoderation
1. Noun. lack of moderation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immoderation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immoderation
Literary usage of Immoderation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings by Joseph Hall (1837)
"Of the Danger of immoderation in matter of Judgment, and of the Remedy in
general.—Lukewarmness to be avoided in Religion.—Zeal required in the matters of ..."
2. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"R. Presumption seems to imply a certain immoderation in hope. ... There may be
presumption by immoderation in respect of both these hopes. ..."
3. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"The apostle said, let your moderation appear to all men, but your immoderation
hath appeared to all men, to all nations about you, of all you papists, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1840)
"The following passage exhibits at once the feeling and taste of the writer—the
devotional feeling, the cultivated taste : " Surely there is no immoderation ..."
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