| a. | 1. | Brought to a proper temper; |
| Adj. | 1. | tempered - made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass" Antonyms: unhardened, untempered - not brought to a proper consistency or hardness; "untempered mortar"; "untempered steel" |
| 2. | tempered - adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy" Antonyms: untempered - not tempered; "individualism untempered by social responsibilities" |