Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mitigation"
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) 1.7 (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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