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mitigation
noun
1 mitigation
To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
synonyms: extenuation, palliation.
Roget 937:
vindication,
justification,
warrant;
exoneration,
exculpation;
acquittal
etc.
970;
whitewashing.
extenuation;
palliation,
palliative;
softening,
mitigation.
reply,
defense;
recrimination
etc.
938.
apology,
gloss,
varnish;
plea
etc.
617;
salvo;
excuse,
extenuating circumstances;
allowance,
allowance to be made;
locus paenitentiae [Lat.].
apologist,
vindicator,
justifier;
defendant
etc.
938.
justifiable charge,
true bill.
v..
justify,
warrant;
be an excuse for
etc.
n.;
lend a color,
furnish a handle;
vindicate;
exculpate,
disculpate†;
acquit
etc.
970;
clear,
set right,
exonerate,
whitewash;
clear the skirts of.
extenuate,
palliate,
excuse,
soften,
apologize,
varnish,
slur,
gloze;
put a gloss,
put a good face upon;
mince;
gloss over,
bolster up,
help a lame dog over a stile.
advocate,
defend,
plead one's cause;
stand up for,
stick up for,
speak up for;
contend for,
speak for;
bear out,
keep in countenance,
support;
plead
&c.,
617;
say in defense;
plead ignorance;
confess and avoid,
propugn†,
put in a good word for.
take the will for the deed,
make allowance for,
give credit for,
do justice to;
give one his due,
give the Devil his due.
make good;
prove the truth of,
prove one's case;
be justified by the event.
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Roget 36:
decrease,
diminution;
lessening
etc.
v.;
subtraction
etc.
38;
reduction,
abatement,
declension;
shrinking
etc.
(contraction.)
195;
coarctation†;
abridgment
etc.
(shortening)
201;
extenuation.
subsidence,
wane,
ebb,
decline;
ebbing;
descent
etc.
306;
decrement,
reflux,
depreciation;
deterioration
etc.
659;
anticlimax;
mitigation
etc.
(moderation)
174.
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Roget 834:
relief;
deliverance;
refreshment
etc.
689;
easement,
softening,
alleviation,
mitigation,
palliation,
soothing,
lullaby.
solace,
consolation,
comfort,
encouragement.
lenitive,
restorative
etc.
(remedy)
662;
cushion
etc.
215;
crumb of comfort,
balm in Gilead.
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Roget 469:
qualification,
limitation,
modification,
coloring.
allowance,
grains of allowance,
consideration,
extenuating circumstances;
mitigation.
condition,
proviso,
prerequisite,
contingency,
stipulation,
provision,
specification,
sine qua non [Lat.];
catch,
string,
strings attached;
exemption;
exception,
escape clause,
salvo,
saving clause;
discount
etc.
813;
restriction;
fine print.
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2 mitigation
A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances.
synonym: extenuation.
3 mitigation
The action of lessening in severity or intensity.
synonym: moderation.
Roget 174:
moderation,
lenity
etc.
740;
temperateness,
gentleness
etc.
adj.;
sobriety;
quiet;
mental calmness
etc.
(inexcitability)
826†.
moderating
etc.
v.;
anaphrodisia†;
relaxation,
remission,
mitigation,
tranquilization†,
assuagement,
contemporation†,
pacification.
measure,
juste milieu [Fr.],
golden mean,
ariston metron [Gr.].
moderator;
lullaby,
sedative,
lenitive,
demulcent,
antispasmodic,
carminative,
laudanum;
rose water,
balm,
poppy,
opiate,
anodyne,
milk,
opium,
poppy or mandragora;"
wet blanket;
palliative.
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Polish: moderowanie
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