<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Having a temper or disposition of a specified character (usually used in combination): a good-tempered child.</li><li>Music: Tuned in accordance with some other temperament than just or pure temperament, especially tuned in equal temperament.</li><li>Made less intense or violent, especially by the influence of something good or benign: justice tempered with mercy.</li><li>Properly moistened or mixed, as clay.</li><li>Metallurgy: Of or relating to steel or cast iron that has been tempered.</li></ul>