mitigate

English Thesaurus

1. make less severe or harsh (verb.change)

hypernym	:	decrease, lessen, minify,
definition	:	make smaller (verb.change)

hyponym	:	lighten, relieve,
definition	:	alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive (verb.change)

2. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize,
definition	:	defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

3. make less severe or harsh (verb.change)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation,
definition	:	a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication)

derivation	:	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative,
definition	:	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all)

derivation	:	mitigable,
definition	:	capable of being alleviated (adj.all)

4. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation, palliation,
definition	:	to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious (noun.act)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation,
definition	:	a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication)

derivation	:	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative,
definition	:	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all)

5. make less severe or harsh (verb.change)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation,
definition	:	a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication)

derivation	:	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative,
definition	:	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all)

derivation	:	mitigable,
definition	:	capable of being alleviated (adj.all)

6. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation, palliation,
definition	:	to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious (noun.act)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation,
definition	:	a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication)

derivation	:	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative,
definition	:	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all)