mitigation

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mitigation

  • /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mītigātiō.

noun mitigations

  1. countable, uncountable A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant. Two golden hours, in which the astonishing news of the intended party was revealed to Louisa, with all of its contrivances, expenses, and mitigations, so far as they were elucidated, were given and said to be "done in her honour;"...

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: extenuation, palliation, alleviate, relief, relieve, easing, alleviation, relieving, palliative, ease, relaxation, abatement, softening, moderation, lessen, reduce

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noun reduction of something harmful

Españolmitigación
Portuguêsmitigação
Françaissoulagement
DeutschErleichterung, Abmilderung
Italianoriduzione, contenimento, attenuazione
Русскийсмягчение smjaxčenije, уменьшение umenʹšenije, облегчение oblexčenije
Tiếng Việtsự làm nhẹ, sự làm dịu, sự giảm thiểu
العربيةتخفيف

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@misc{mitigation_2026,
  title = {mitigation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mitigation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}