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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious;
[syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation]

2. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances;
[syn: extenuation, mitigation]

3. the action of lessening in severity or intensity;
- Example: "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"
[syn: moderation, mitigation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mitigation \Mit`i*ga"tion\, n. [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation,
   fr. L. mitigatio.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Alleviation; abatement; relief.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mitigation
    n 1: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
         serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation]
    2: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent
       an offense as less serious than it appears by showing
       mitigating circumstances [syn: extenuation, mitigation]
    3: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object
       being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn:
       moderation, mitigation]