mitigation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mitigation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mitigation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mitigation n to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious Synonym(s): extenuation, mitigation, palliation a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances Synonym(s): extenuation, mitigation the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" Synonym(s): moderation, mitigation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mitigation \Mit`iga"tion\, n. [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation, fr. L. mitigatio.] The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation* of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty. Syn: Alleviation; abatement; relief.