mitigate
31mitigate — verb the worst symptoms have been mitigated Syn: alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, take the edge off, allay, ease, assuage, palliate, relieve, tone down See note at alleviate Ant …
32mitigate — v alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken; abate, let up, slacken, remit, relax; allay, assuage, Rare. lenify, palliate; appease, soothe, Archaic. attemper, relieve, ease, soften, cushion, mollify, lighten; smooth over, calm, compose,… …
33mitigate — mit·i·gate …
34mitigate — [ˈmɪtɪˌgeɪt] verb [T] formal to reduce the harmful effects of something mitigation [ˌmɪtɪˈgeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …
35mitigate — v.t. make less harsh or severe; moderate. ♦ mitigable, a.mitigation, n.mitigative, a …
36mitigate — Verb: To lessen in severity or burden. To reduce: as, where the crime of murder may be reduced to manslaughter by the production of evidence of the defendant s insanity. See Sinclair v State, 161 Miss 142, 132 So 581, 74 ALR 241. Noun: The… …
37mitigate — To make milder or less painful …
38mitigate — v.tr. make milder or less intense or severe; moderate (your offer certainly mitigated their hostility). Usage: Often confused with militate. Phrases and idioms: mitigating circumstances Law circumstances permitting greater leniency. Derivatives:… …
39militate, mitigate — Often confused. To militate is to operate against or, much more rarely, for something: The news of the scandal militated against his election prospects. To mitigate means to assuage, soften, make more endurable: His apology mitigated the… …
40militate, mitigate — Often confused. To militate is to operate against or, much more rarely, for something: The news of the scandal militated against his election prospects. To mitigate means to assuage, soften, make more endurable: His apology mitigated the… …
