Mitigate

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  • transitive verb. To make less severe or intense; moderate or alleviate. synonym: relieve.
  • transitive verb. To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife.
  • phrasal verb. To take measures to moderate or alleviate (something).
  • phrasal verb. To be a strong factor against (someone or something); hinder or prevent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make milder or more tolerable; reduce in amount or degree, as something objectionable, reprehensible, distressing, harmful, etc.; moderate; alleviate; assuage.
  • To soften; mollify; make mild and accessible.
  • Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, etc. See alleviate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen
  • transitive verb. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To reduce, lessen, or decrease.
  • verb. To downplay.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make less severe or harsh
  • verb. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
    • Word Usage
    "Whether or not preventative care will mitigate is debatable."
    cross-reference
    relax  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    apologise  apologize  excuse  justify  rationalise  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abate  accommodate  adapt  adjust  adjust to  
    verb-form
    mitigated  mitigates  mitigating  
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