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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Paregoric :: Paregoric (n.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir..
Balm :: Balm (n.) Anything that heals or that mitigates pain.
Arrant :: Arrant (a.) Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward..
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..
Mitigate :: Mitigate (v. t.) To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Palliate :: Palliate (a.) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
Balm :: Balm (v. i.) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate..
Regular :: Regular (a.) Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
Assuage :: Assuage (v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire..
Mitigatory :: Mitigatory (a.) Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.
Mitigative :: Mitigative (a.) Tending to mitigate; alleviating.
Mitigant :: Mitigant (a.) Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive.
Alleviation :: Alleviation (n.) That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable..
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..
Palliative :: Palliative (a.) Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
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..
Mitigated :: Mitigated (imp. & p. p.) of Mitigat.
Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease..
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