temperate

Adjective

• not extreme
  • a moderate penalty
    
  • temperate in his response to criticism
    

• not extreme in behavior
  • temperate in his habits
    
  • a temperate response to an insult
    
  • temperate in his eating and drinking
    

• (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
  • a temperate region
    
  • the temperate zones
    
  • temperate plants