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mitigation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Syn: Alleviation; abatement; relief. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mitigation n : to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: {extenuation}, {palliation}]
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