Definition of mitigate

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Mitigate (v. t.) 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..

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Mitigation :: Mitigation (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..
Mitigate :: Mitigate (v. t.) 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..
Mitigator :: Mitigator (n.) One who, or that which, mitigates..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Lenify :: Lenify (v. t.) To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.
Alleviate :: Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate..
Vaccination :: Vaccination (n.) The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
Immitigable :: Immitigable (a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..
Ease :: Ease (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
Regular :: Regular (a.) Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug..
Palliative :: Palliative (a.) Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
Mitigatory :: Mitigatory (a.) Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.
Mitigative :: Mitigative (a.) Tending to mitigate; alleviating.
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
Febrifuge :: Febrifuge (n.) A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.
Aslake :: Aslake (v. t. & i.) To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
Mitigated :: Mitigated (imp. & p. p.) of Mitigat.
Arrant :: Arrant (a.) Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward..
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