temper
tempered
verb
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To be or become tempered.
noun
4. A characteristic general quality; tone: heroes who exemplified the medieval temper; the politicized temper of the 1930's.
5. a. The condition of being tempered. b. The degree of hardness and elasticity of a metal, chiefly steel, achieved by tempering.
6. A modifying substance or agent added to something else.
7. Archaic. A middle course between extremes; a mean.
[Middle English temperen, from Old English temprian, from Latin temperāre, probably from temper-, variant of tempor- stem of tempus, time, season.]
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