Meaning of tempered in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Qualitative Adjective

    tempered

    Definitions

    1. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

    Examples

    • « a sword of tempered steel »
    • « tempered glass »

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  2. 2. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element

    Examples

    • « criticism tempered with kindly sympathy »

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Famous quotes

  • « Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. »
    George Orwell
  • « Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace. »
    John F. Kennedy
  • « The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. »
    Voltaire
  • « An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. »
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  • « In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears. »
    Paul Harris

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