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temper

noun as in calmness

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"And when she spoke out, she says she was threatened with more physical violence. She said Sean Combs had a vicious temper and she was absolutely terrified of him."

From BBC

Buettner, who usually projects serenity, loses his temper when he talks about Newman.

Jackson, they wrote, was “ignorant, inexperienced” and a “man of no labor, no patience . . . wholly unqualified by education, habit and temper for the station of the president.”

From Salon

Chinese leaders may ask if Musk can temper Trump’s trade impulses.

From BBC

But that fear is tempered by the possibility of an improved economy under Trump and more work.

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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