Definitions for mitigation
mit·i·ga·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. extenuation, mitigation, palliationnoun

   to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

2. extenuation, mitigationnoun

   a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

3. moderation, mitigationnoun

   the action of lessening in severity or intensity

   "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mitigationnoun

   relief; alleviation

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mitigationnoun

   Abatement of any thing penal, harsh, or painful.

   Etymology: mitigatio, Lat. mitigation, Fr. from mitigate.

   The king would not have one penny abated of that granted to him by parliament, because it might encourage other countries to pray the like release or mitigation. Francis Bacon.

   They caused divers subjects to be indicted of sundry crimes; and when the bills were found they committed them, and suffered them to languish long in prison, to extort from them great fines and ransoms, which they termed compositions and mitigations. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

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1. mitigation

   Mitigation refers to the process of reducing or preventing the severity, harm or unpleasantness of something. This can refer to a wide range of circumstances, including natural disasters, health risks, security threats, or financial risks among others. The strategies or measures taken for mitigation aim to minimize the impact, damage or occurrence of a potential risk or problem.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mitigationnoun

   the act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty

Matched Categories

1. • Decrease
   • Excuse
   • Reduction

How to pronounce mitigation?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mitigation in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mitigation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of mitigation in a Sentence

1. Mark Meadows:

   We are not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas.

2. Daniel Bucheli:

   We’ve come a long way since this time last year in what we know about COVID-19, with widely available testing and COVID-19 vaccines available to the public, we encourage all those attending to continue observing mitigation risk strategies and make the choice to get vaccinated to protect themselves and others.

3. Lena Reimann:

   If rigorous climate change mitigation is pursued as planned under the Paris Agreement.

4. The President:

   A Covid-19 vaccine is the thing that will get Americans back to normal everyday life. The best defense we currently have against this virus are the important mitigation efforts of wearing a mask, washing your hands, social distancing and being careful about crowds.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   We've got to continue in many respects to redouble our efforts at the mitigation of physical separation in order to keep those numbers down.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mitigation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mitigation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mitigation
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mitigation