| VERB | communication | mitigate, extenuate, palliate | lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | mitigate | make less severe or harsh |
| Sounds | mih'tahgey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | extenuate, palliate | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | apologize, apologise, excuse, rationalize, rationalise | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
| Spanish | atenuar, mitigar, paliar, remediar | |
| Catalan | atenuar, mitigar, pal·liar, remeiar | |
| Adjectives | mitigative, mitigatory | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear |
| Nouns | mitigation | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious |
| mitigation | a partial excuse to mitigate censure | |
| Meaning | make less severe or harsh. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Narrower | relieve, lighten | alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Adjectives | mitigable | capable of being alleviated |
| mitigative, mitigatory | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | |
| Nouns | mitigation | a partial excuse to mitigate censure |
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