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tempered in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
"a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
tempered treated hardened toughened
- adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
"criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
tempered
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