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  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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