mitigating
adjective
[ ˈmɪtɪɡeɪtɪŋ ]
• having the effect of making something bad less severe, serious, or painful.
• "it should have a mitigating effect on the frequency of minor flooding events"
mitigate
verb
• make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
• "drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem"
Similar:
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,
tone down,
blunt,
dilute,
moderate,
modify,
abate,
lull,
pacify,
placate,
mollify,
sweeten,
tranquillize,
remit,
extenuate,
excuse,
commute,
quieten,
quiet,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin mitigat- ‘softened, alleviated’, from the verb mitigare, from mitis ‘mild’.
