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- pronunciation:
- mI
tih
geIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
mitigates, mitigating, mitigated |
definition 1: |
to lessen the force, severity, or impact of.
The politician's apology mitigated the criticism of him in the press.All the sympathy of her friends and family could not mitigate the sadness she felt.The fact that the boys were trying to return what they'd stolen mitigated their punishment to some degree.- synonyms:
- abate, allay, moderate, modify, palliate, quell, temper
- antonyms:
- aggravate, intensify
- similar words:
- alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, buff, buffer, diminish, lessen, lighten, mollify, reduce, relieve, soothe
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definition 2: |
to cause one to consider (a mistake, crime, or offense) less harshly.
The defendant's desperate circumstances mitigated her crime in the eyes of the jury. |
related words: |
ameliorate, amend, commute, cool, deaden, decrease, ease, gloss, mince, qualify, quell, stay, tone down, weaken |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to become less forceful or severe.
- synonyms:
- abate, diminish, ease up, moderate, subside
- similar words:
- decrease, lessen, let up, lighten, relent
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related words: |
amend, cool, ease, moderate, relax, subside, temper |
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derivations: |
mitigatedly (adv.), mitigation (n.), mitigator (n.) |
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