Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
Adjective
adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
Adjective
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
imp. & p. p.
of Temper
a.
Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having
(such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or
bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.
Usage Examples
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.
An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
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Other Usage ExamplesPower must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs.
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.
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
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.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
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