Tempered - Definition
tempered
adj 1: made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat
treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
[syn: tempered, treated, hardened, toughened]
[ant: unhardened, untempered]
2: adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element;
"criticism tempered with kindly sympathy" [ant: untempered]