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mitigation, n.
(mitigations)
freq. cnt. 1
more info to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

extenuation mitigation palliation
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more info the action of lessening in severity or intensity
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mitigation moderation

sample sentences

"the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"
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more info a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
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extenuation mitigation
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