abnegation abstinence average balance calm calmness center compromise conservatism constraint continence control cool dispassion evenness fence generality gentleness golden mean half measures half-and-half measures halfway measures impartiality judiciousness juste-milieu lenity mean meden agan median mediocrity medium middle middle course middle ground middle point middle position middle state middle way middle-of-the-road midpoint mildness moderateness moderation moderationism neutral ground neutrality nonviolence norm normal nothing in excess pacifism par prudence repose restraint rule run self-abnegation self-control self-denial self-restraint serenity sobriety stability steadiness temperance temperateness tranquillity unexcessiveness unextravagance unextremeness via media