mitigate

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

The English word “mitigate” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
To downplay.
To give force or effect toward preventing a problem.

adjective

Mitigated, alleviated.

Etymology

From Middle English mitigaten (“to relieve pain, soothe; (swelling) to abate; (hemorrhoids) to relieve; (the mind) to placate, appease; to end, check; to stop, cease”), from mitigat(e) (“mitigated, alleviated, relived”, also used as the past participle of mitigaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin mītigātus, the perfect passive participle of mītigō (“to make soft, ripe; to tame,…

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