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Meaning of 'mitigate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mitigate [ v. t.]
- To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.
- To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.

Meaning of 'mitigate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mitigate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make less severe or harsh
Example in sentence:
  • He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears;
  • mitigating circumstances
Meaning (2):
- lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Example in sentence:
  • The circumstances extenuate the crime

Nearby Words:

mite miter mitered mitering miterwort mithic mithras mithridate mithridatic mitigable

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