Attemper
/əˈtɛm.pə(ɹ)/
"Attemper" in a Sentence (3 examples)
But we must add, that she did say, by way of attempering her pleasure: "Well! I must say I never saw a finer young man in my life—indeed I don’t know that the court of Great Britain quite boasts his equal...
Thus fairely she attempered her feast, / And pleasd them all with meete satietie [...].
They tempt no conflict, no revenge provoke, But meet oppression in its daring course, With wisdom's ample shield, of Heaven attemper'd force.