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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

the tendency to adopt extremes or engage in excesses, especially in one's behavior;

e.g. His immoderacy caused him to appear greedy and selfish to his hosts.

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Similar Words

Carte

Carte blanche

Disinhibition

Excess

Extremism

Incontinence

Indiscipline

Intemperance

Overindulgence

Self-abandonment

Self-indulgence

Zealotry

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Opposite Words

Abstention

Aloofness

Austerity

Continence

Discipline

Discretion

Inhibition

Repression

Reserve

Self-censorship

Self-command

Self-control

Self-discipline

Self-government

Self-mastery

Self-poise

Self-possession

Self-restraint

Suppression

Teetotalism

Temperance

Will

Willpower

Would

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Related Words

Abandon

Ease

Enormity

Extravagance

Extremism

Gigantism

Immensity

Magnitude

Profusion

Spontaneity

Unconstraint

Unrestraint

Waste

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