Mitigation
[mɪtɪ'geɪʃ(ə)n] or [,mɪtɪ'ɡeʃən]
Definition
(n.) 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.
Checked by Giselle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Alleviation, moderation, relief.
Typist: Norton
Examples
- At last a mitigation of the patient's most urgent symptoms (acute pain is one of its accompaniments) liberated me, and I set out homeward. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Society, therefore, is from its beginnings the mitigation of ownership. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Rhonda