Mitigate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve.
  • verb-intransitive. To become milder.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To reduce, lessen, or decrease.
  • v. To downplay.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen
  • v. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make milder or more tolerable; reduce in amount or degree, as something objectionable, reprehensible, distressing, harmful, etc.; moderate; alleviate; assuage.
  • To soften; mollify; make mild and accessible.
  • Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, etc. See alleviate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make less severe or harsh
  • v. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
    • Verb Form
    mitigated    mitigates    mitigating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    apologise    rationalize    apologize    excuse    justify    rationalise   
    Cross Reference
    relax   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alleviate    allay    assuage    mollify   
     
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