verb
Meaning:
1. make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
"drainage schemes have helped to mitigate the problem of flooding in the community."
2. lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake).
"He would have faced a prison sentence but for some circumstances that mitigated the punishment."
Synonyms:
alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, take the edge off, allay, ease, assuage, palliate, cushion, damp, deaden, dull, appease, soothe, relieve, help, soften, temper, still, quell, quieten, quiet, tone down, blunt, dilute, moderate, modify, abate, lull, pacify, placate, mollify, sweeten, tranquillize, remit, extenuate, excuse, mollify,
aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen, exacerbate, irritate, amplify
Origin
1375-1425; late Middle English mitigaten < Latin mītigātus (past participle of mītigāre to calm, soften, soothe), equivalent to mīt(is) mild, soft, gentle + -ig- (combining form of agere to do, cause to do, make) + -ātus -ate
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