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Webster 1913 Edition


Mitigation

Mitˊi-ga′tion

,
Noun.
[OE.
mitigacioun
, F.
mitigation
, fr. L.
mitigatio
.]
The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous;
as, the
mitigation
of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty
.
Syn. – Alleviation; abatement; relief.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mitigation

MITIGA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. mitigatio.] Alleviation; abatement or diminution of any thing painful, harsh, severe, afflictive or calamitous; as the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment or penalty.

Definition 2024


mitigation

mitigation

English

Noun

mitigation (countable and uncountable, plural mitigations)

  1. relief; alleviation

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