mitigate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
2. (transitive) To downplay.
3. (intransitive, proscribed) To give force or effect toward preventing a problem.

Adj

Mitigated, alleviated.

Synonyms

relieve

alleviate

palliate

ease

allay

assuage

moderate

extenuate

lessen

reduce

abate

temper

soothe

pacify

mollify

relax

diminish

remit

attenuate

soften

appease

shorten

curtail

lower

cut

improve

ameliorate

decrease

facilitate

lighten

quell

quench

quiet

remedy

remission

remove

restrain

retrench

scale down

season

shrink

slacken

smooth out

subdue

tone down

tranquillize

trim

weaken

be commuted

make less

Translations

mitigar

adoucir

atténuer

mitigare

mitigar

mildern

atenuar

lindern

mitiger

azaltmak

soulager

μετριάζω

attutire

verzachten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

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, pacify”), from mītis (“gentle, mild, ripe”) + -igō (“to do, make”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁y- (“mild, soft”).