From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mitigation \Mit`i*ga"tion\, n. [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation,
fr. L. mitigatio.]
The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated;
abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe,
afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief,
rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Alleviation; abatement; relief.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mitigation
n 1: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
serious [syn: {extenuation}, {mitigation}, {palliation}]
2: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent
an offense as less serious than it appears by showing
mitigating circumstances [syn: {extenuation}, {mitigation}]
3: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object
being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn:
{moderation}, {mitigation}]
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