the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; alleviation; abatement or diminution of anything harsh, painful, severe, afflictive, calamitous, or the like.
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n. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
n. the action of lessening in severity or intensity
n. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
Word Usage
"And B, we have instituted additional screening in what we call mitigation measures that will be continuing for a while."