attemperation means the act of attempering or regulating. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From attemper + -ation.
noun
- The act of attempering or regulating.“And if this be possible, it can certainly be effected no other way than by proper and exquisite attemperations of nature; as it were by the harmony and fine touching of the harp”