mitigation

Meaning

A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.

Synonyms

alleviation

moderation

relief

extenuation

abatement

palliation

reduction

diminution

decrease

allaying

easement

subsidence

end

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fall

improvement

lenience

leniency

loosening

modification

mollification

pacification

palliative

relaxation

shrinkage

slackening

softening

termination

understatement

assuagement

attenuation

cessation

decrement

depletion

depreciation

derogation

deterioration

detraction

disentanglement

ease

Translations

mitigación

mitigation

Erleichterung

atténuation

attenuazione

Milderung

mitigazione

lenimentus

alleviamento

levamen

atenuació

soulagement

Abschwächung

Verminderung

adoucissement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mitigatio.