Noun

• S: (n) season (a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field) "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"
• S: (n) season, time of year (one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions) "the regular sequence of the seasons"
• S: (n) season (a recurrent time marked by major holidays) "it was the Christmas season"
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Verb

• S: (v) season, flavor, flavour (lend flavor to) "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
• S: (v) season, harden (make fit) "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
• S: (v) temper, season, mollify, moderate (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else) "she tempered her criticism"
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• W: (n) mollification [Related to: mollify] (a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered)
• W: (n) mollification [Related to: mollify] (the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined) "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"
• W: (n) moderator [Related to: moderate] (someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence)
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