moderate

IPA: mˈɑdɝʌt

One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
(Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.

(transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
(intransitive) To become less excessive
(transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator
(intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
(transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).

Not excessive; acting in moderation
(pathology) more than mild, less than severe
Mediocre
Average priced; standard-deal
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
(US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.

Examples of "moderate" in Sentences

Clearly, the use of the term moderate here is meant as a compliment.
And it's why the term moderate is meaningless when applied to Muslims in the West.
"I would use the term moderate more for the weather than Islam," said Ayaan Hirsi Ali,
The term moderate is all relative; a winner needs to be close to where the electorate see themselves.
Many devout Muslims dislike the term moderate, too, saying it suggests deviation from the tenets of the Quran.
The term moderate Muslims may include those who aren't religiously observant, and thus offend those Muslims who are.
Optimists say it need not be a reprise of Iran; that it could look more like Turkey; that the term "moderate Islamist" isn't an oxymoron, at least in a relative sense.
Whatever it may do in this way, in men, in women it is sure, unless prevented by age or by salutary ugliness, to produce a moderate, and a _very moderate_, portion of chastity.
The language of everyday conversation, when not marked by intensity of feeling or purpose, requires only a moderate amount of physical and mental energy and is expressed by _moderate force_.
In March 2005, when Mathias received an award from the Maryland Sen.te, state archivist Edward Papenfuse told the Sen.te that as a Republican in a Democratic state, "Sen. Mathias wore the label moderate Republican with pride and to great effect."