'Mitigate' definitions:
Definition of 'mitigate'
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Definition of 'Mitigate'
From: GCIDE
- Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mitigating.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do, drive.]
- 1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mitigate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- allow for,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- benumb,
- better,
- blunt,
- bottom out,
- box in,
- break,
- break up,
- calm,
- change,
- chasten,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- circumscribe,
- color,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- condition,
- constrain,
- control,
- convert,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- debilitate,
- decrease,
- deform,
- degenerate,
- denature,
- deteriorate,
- deviate,
- devitalize,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- extenuate,
- fit,
- flop,
- foment,
- give relief,
- gloss over,
- gruel,
- haul around,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- ignore,
- improve,
- jibe,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lay low,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- let up on,
- lighten,
- limit,
- loose,
- loosen,
- lull,
- make allowance for,
- meliorate,
- mince,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- mutate,
- narrow,
- numb,
- obtund,
- overthrow,
- pad,
- palliate,
- placate,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- qualify,
- rattle,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refit,
- reform,
- regulate by,
- relax,
- relieve,
- remake,
- remit,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revive,
- ring the changes,
- salve,
- sap,
- season,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shift,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- slur over,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soften up,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- still,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- subvert,
- suppress,
- swerve,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- unbend,
- unbrace,
- undergo a change,
- undermine,
- underplay,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrain,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- varnish,
- vary,
- veer,
- warp,
- water down,
- weaken,
- whitewash,
- work a change,
- worsen