MITIGATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make less severe or harsh
   Usage Example(s)
   • mitigating circumstances
   Hypernyms(s) mitigate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • minify (what does minify mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • relieve (what does relieve mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • extenuation (what does extenuation mean?)
   • mitigation (what does mitigation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
   Synonym(s)
   • extenuate (what does extenuate mean?)
   • palliate (what does palliate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The circumstances extenuate the crime
   Hypernyms(s) mitigate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • apologize (what does apologize mean?)
   • apologise (what does apologise mean?)
   • excuse (what does excuse mean?)
   • justify (what does justify mean?)
   • rationalize (what does rationalize mean?)
   • rationalise (what does rationalise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • extenuation (what does extenuation mean?)
   • mitigation (what does mitigation mean?)
   • extenuation (what does extenuation mean?)
   • mitigation (what does mitigation mean?)
   • palliation (what does palliation mean?)
   • extenuation (what does extenuation mean?)
   • mitigation (what does mitigation mean?)
   • palliation (what does palliation mean?)
   • extenuation (what does extenuation mean?)
   • mitigation (what does mitigation mean?)
   • extenuation (what does extenuation mean?)
   • mitigation (what does mitigation mean?)
   • palliation (what does palliation mean?)