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Mitigate
| Mitigate Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Mitigate?
[v] make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"
[v] lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mitigate: extenuate |
palliate
Related Terms | Find terms related to Mitigate: abate |
accommodate |
adapt |
adjust |
adjust to |
allay |
alleviate |
allow for |
alter |
ameliorate |
anesthetize |
appease |
assuage |
attemper |
attenuate |
bank the fire |
bate |
be changed |
be converted into |
be renewed |
benumb |
better |
blunt |
bottom out |
box in |
break |
break up |
calm |
change |
chasten |
checker |
chop |
chop and change |
circumscribe |
color |
come about |
come around |
come round |
condition |
constrain |
control |
convert |
cramp |
cripple |
cushion |
damp |
dampen |
deaden |
deaden the pain |
debilitate |
decrease |
de-emphasize |
deform |
degenerate |
denature |
deteriorate |
deviate |
devitalize |
dilute |
diminish |
diverge |
diversify |
downplay |
dull |
ease |
ease matters |
ease off |
ease up |
enervate |
enfeeble |
eviscerate |
exhaust |
extenuate |
fit |
flop |
foment |
give relief |
gloss over |
gruel |
haul around |
hedge |
hedge about |
ignore |
improve |
jibe |
keep within bounds |
lay |
lay low |
leaven |
lenify |
lessen |
let down |
let up |
let up on |
lighten |
limit |
loose |
loosen |
lull |
make allowance for |
meliorate |
mince |
moderate |
modify |
modulate |
mollify |
mutate |
narrow |
numb |
obtund |
overthrow |
pad |
palliate |
placate |
play down |
poultice |
pour balm into |
pour oil on |
qualify |
rattle |
realign |
rebuild |
reconstruct |
re-create |
redesign |
reduce |
reduce the temperature |
refit |
reform |
regulate by |
relax |
relieve |
remake |
remit |
renew |
reshape |
restrain |
restrict |
restructure |
revamp |
revive |
ring the changes |
salve |
sap |
season |
set conditions |
set limits |
shake |
shake up |
shift |
shift the scene |
shuffle the cards |
slack |
slack off |
slack up |
slacken |
slake |
slow down |
slur over |
smother |
sober |
sober down |
soften |
soften up |
soft-pedal |
soothe |
stifle |
still |
stupe |
subdue |
subvert |
suppress |
swerve |
tack |
take a turn |
tame |
temper |
tone down |
tune down |
turn |
turn aside |
turn into |
turn the corner |
turn the scale |
turn the tables |
turn the tide |
turn upside down |
unbend |
unbrace |
undergo a change |
undermine |
underplay |
unman |
unnerve |
unstrain |
unstrengthen |
unstring |
varnish |
vary |
veer |
warp |
water down |
weaken |
whitewash |
work a change |
worsen
See Also | apologise |
apologize |
decrease |
excuse |
justify |
lessen |
minify |
rationalise |
rationalize |
relieve
Mitigate In Webster's Dictionary
\Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitigated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Mitigating}.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to
soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do,
drive.]
1. 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. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to
persons. [Obs.]
This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
--Burke.
Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See {Alleviate}.
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