1. noun
He has quite a temper when dealing with salespeople.
b) State of mind.
...I must testify, from my experience, that a temper of peace, thankfulness, love, and affection, is much the more proper frame for prayer than that of terror and discomposure...
2. verb
Temper your language around children.
b) To heat-treat a material, particularly a metal.
Next, temper the steel by dropping the white hot metal into cold water.
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