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temper

noun as in calmness

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So much of Calloway’s persona rested on her brilliant ideas tempered by charming ineptitude, her devil-may-care approach to her own fame.

Among those perceived flaws was an addictive personality, a stormy temper and, yes, a desire to “not rock the boat,” as she puts it.

The only way he can — by balancing out fits of temper with the sympathetic humor of a father’s loving heart.

The kid from Omaha who once needed counselling for his temper and who survived a shooting moved through the ring with a serene, almost unreadable focus.

From BBC

But by July 2024 he had tempered his views, telling the BBC that he believed it existed but only "on the edges".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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