MITIGATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does mitigation mean?
• MITIGATION (noun)
The noun MITIGATION has 3 senses:
1. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
2. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
3. the action of lessening in severity or intensity
Familiarity information: MITIGATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MITIGATION (noun)
Meaning:
To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
mitigation; extenuation; palliation
Hypernyms ("mitigation" is a kind of...):
decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Meaning:
A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
extenuation; mitigation
Hypernyms ("mitigation" is a kind of...):
alibi; exculpation; excuse; self-justification (a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.)
Meaning:
The action of lessening in severity or intensity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
mitigation; moderation
Context example:
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions
Hypernyms ("mitigation" is a kind of...):
decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mitigation"):
abatement (the act of abating)
