Defenition of the word mitigation

• Defenition of the word mitigation

  • to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
  • a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
  • the action of lessening in severity or intensity

Synonyms for the word mitigation

• • alleviation
  • diminution
  • easing
  • extenuation
  • improvement
  • lessening
  • palliation
  • relief

Similar words in the mitigation

• • mitigation
  • mitigation's

Hyponyms for the word mitigation

• • abatement
  • decrease

Hypernyms for the word mitigation

• • alibi
  • decrease
  • diminution
  • exculpation
  • excuse
  • reduction
  • self-justification
  • step-down

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