Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
made less severe or intense;
- Example: "he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
mitigated \mitigated\ adj.
made less severe or intense. unmitigated
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mitigating.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to
soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do,
drive.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to
persons. [Obs.]
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This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
--Burke.
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Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mitigated
adj 1: made less severe or intense; "he gladly accepted the
mitigated penalty" [ant: unmitigated]