contemperation
noun
Definition of contemperation
-s
obsolete
: the act of contempering or state of being contempered : accommodation; also : something that contempers : compromise
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Origin and Etymology of contemperation
Middle French, from Late Latin contemperation-, contemperatio, from Latin contemperatus (past participle of contemperare) + -ion-, -io -ion
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