Synonym Dictionary

To make or become less intense, extreme, or severe.

Restraint that avoids excess or extremes.

To become less intense or severe.

A reduction in intensity, amount, or severity.

To restrain, limit, or keep something under control.

Quiet, reserved, and modest in manner.

To strive to equal or surpass a model through imitation.

An attempt to match or surpass a model through imitation.

A person or thing that perfectly represents a quality or type.

To represent the essential qualities of something.

Excellent enough to serve as a model for others.

A model that reduces the present value of a future outcome by the same proportional factor for each equal unit of delay.

A supporting structure or organized set of ideas used to guide understanding or action.

A model of adaptation in which gains or losses in happiness may fade as people become accustomed to changed circumstances.

A model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delays.

Greater in amount or degree than is reasonable or expected.

A lack of moderation or self-restraint.

Small in extent or only just meeting a relevant threshold.

Only moderate in quality; not especially good.

To reduce the severity, seriousness, or harmful effect of something.

The reduction of the severity, extent, or harmful effect of something.

Very small in amount; also existing in name rather than in actual effect.

A standard or pattern regarded as usual, expected, or acceptable.

Excessive satisfaction of a desire or appetite.