Definitions for: Mitigate

[v] make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"
[v] lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to
persons. [Obs.]

This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
--Burke.

Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.

Synonyms: extenuate, palliate

See Also: apologise, apologize, decrease, excuse, justify, lessen, minify, rationalise, rationalize, relieve

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