Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Contemperation \Con*tem`per*a"tion\ (-[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
   1. The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] --Sir T.
      Browne.

   2. Proportionate mixture or combination. ``Contemperation of
      light and shade.'' --Boyle.