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