mitigate

Verb

Meaning

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.

To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ease alleviate diminish assuage palliate reduce check moderate calm relieve temper dilute lessen curb soften
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Antonyms

increase worsen intensify incite exacerbate irritate
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Hypernyms

minify decrease excuse lessen apologize rationalize

Hyponyms

relieve lighten

Phrases with the word

to mitigate mitigate the stress on

Derivatives

mitigated mitigating

Examples

The circumstances extenuate the crime Source: Internet

mitigating circumstances Source: Internet

A bug-bounty award for an XSS flaw is about $501, well below the $3,650 average award for a critical flaw, allowing organizations to mitigate the common bug on the cheap, researchers noted. Source: Internet

According to the authors, recognising these equity challenges as early as possible should allow institutions and governments to fashion interventions that mitigate the impacts and environmental barriers to students’ returning to their studies. Source: Internet

According to him, the president had already taken the initiative by setting up a high-powered think-tank headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to draw up an action plan to help the nation mitigate the consequences of this global problem. Source: Internet

According to the UN Guiding Principles, along with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Garments, brands should undertake human rights due diligence to identify and mitigate risks that may cause or contribute to human rights problems in their supply chains. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mitigable mitigant mitigatable mitigate the stress on mitigated mitigatedly