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tempered
/'tɛmpərd/
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  1. adjective
    made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
    "a sword of tempered steel" "tempered glass"

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    hardened toughened treated curable sunbaked
    Opposite:
    untempered
  2. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
    "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
    Opposite:
    untempered
Examples of tempered
  • "a sword of tempered steel"
  • "tempered glass"
  • "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
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