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mitigation

[ mit-i-gey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances:
Social support is the most important factor in the mitigation of stress among adolescents.
the act of making a condition or consequence less severe:
the mitigation of a punishment.
the act of alleviating harmful or dangerous conditions or of reducing the harm inflicted by them:
radon mitigation;
mitigation of climate change;
aircraft noise mitigation.
the process of becoming milder, gentler, or less severe.
a mitigating circumstance, event, or consequence.

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Other Word Forms

�Դǲ�·��·��·��·�پ��ǲ� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitigation¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Anglo-French, Middle French mitigacion, from Latin ��پ��پ�ō��-, stem of ��پ��پ�ō, equivalent to ��پ��(�ܲ�), past participle of ��پ�� “to calm, soften, soothe” + -��ō -ion ( def ); mitigate ( def )

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It also argues for a greater focus on climate change mitigation measures such as flood defences and a new international push to persuade China and India to cut emissions.

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Judge Menary acknowledged Akins' mitigation, but concluded: "It seems to be the appropriate punishment can only be achieved by immediate custody."

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There are practices of light pollution mitigation that can be learned and adopted if everyone in a given community is on board — or brought on board through policy decisions.

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If it goes on, she said, “there will need to be mitigation measures.”

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It also would ramp up research into wildfire mitigation technologies and change some forestation treatments.

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mitigating circumstances mitiglinide

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