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mitigation noun [ mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n ]

• the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
• "the identification and mitigation of pollution"
Similar: alleviation, reduction, diminution, lessening, easing, weakening, lightening, assuagement, palliation, cushioning, dulling, deadening, soothing, softening, relief,
Opposite: intensification,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mitigatio(n- ), from the verb mitigare ‘alleviate’ (see mitigate).

in mitigation

• so as to make something, especially a crime, appear less serious and thus be punished more leniently.
• "in mitigation she said her client had been deeply depressed"

in mitigation

• so as to make something, especially a crime, appear less serious and thus be punished more leniently.
"in mitigation she said her client had been deeply depressed"



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