Internal constitution; state with respect to the
relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about
by mutual compromises or concessions.

The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as
of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by
which such adjustment is effected.

Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.

The peculiar physical and mental character of an
individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual
variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of
the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc.
Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine
temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a
corresponding influence on the temperament.