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Thesaurus: mitigate

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.

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  1. 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.
  2. v. t. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.
  3. v. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  4. v. to temper
  5. v:100 v. make less severe or harsh