<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge.</li><li>Synonyms: dispassionate, sober.</li><li>Moderate as regards indulgence of appetite or passion, especially in the use of alcoholic liquors.</li><li>Not excessive in degree, as things, qualities, etc.</li><li>Moderate in respect to temperature; not subject to prolonged extremes of hot or cold weather.</li><li>Microbiology: (of a virus) existing in infected host cells but rarely causing lysis.</li></ul>