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tempered
'tempered' - used as an adjective
1. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
a sword of tempered steel
tempered glass
2. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
criticism tempered with kindly sympathy
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Antonym
  • untempered
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    Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. - Click here to find out.
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