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MITIGATE

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MITIGATEv.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
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. [Obs.] This opinion ... mitigated kings into companions. Burke.
mitigateverb
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear. | To downplay. | To give force or effect toward preventing a problem.
mitigateadj
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Mitigated, alleviated.

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