Meaning

(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, of problems or flaws) 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.
4. (obsolete) Mitigated, alleviated.

Example Sentences

Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility.

But in yielding to it the retaliation has been mitigated as much as possible, both in its extent and in its character...

Then they tell us that vaccination will mitigate the disease that it will make it milder.

Then I discovered the brilliance of the landscape around was mitigated by blue spectacles.

The plague had not been kind to him, yet had left him this small furry thing to mitigate his sorrow; and when one is very young, one can find great relief in the lively antics of a black kitten.

This highly-aggressive approach had results, but briefly caused a major uproar in parts of the United States, which was mitigated by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842, which formalised the U.S. Navy's contribution to the antislavery efforts.

But then crashworthiness is not about preventing accidents, but about mitigating their consequences.

We've mitigated against the chance of flooding.

Word Forms

• mitigates
• mitigating
• mitigated
• more mitigate
• most mitigate

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When Should You Use Mitigate?

Use mitigate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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