mitigation
noun
mit·i·ga·tion
ˌmi-tə-ˈgā-shən 
plural mitigations
: the act of mitigating something or the state of being mitigated : the process or result of making something less severe, dangerous, painful, harsh, or damaging
mitigation of suffering
mitigation of punishment
There was, in sum, a period during the Cold War … when a mitigation of the Cold War, including a renegotiation of some of its most troublesome tensions, was possible or even probable.—
John Lukacs
John LukacsExamples of mitigation in a Sentence
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Rice’s study suggests that multilevel mitigation actions are urgently needed to reduce emissions and to improve air quality while addressing the climate crisis.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
The two agencies are crafting budget proposals that would give them the capacity to hire riders and do other livestock-predator mitigation work.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
Reforestation for climate mitigation doesn’t have the luxury of a high-value end product yet — or at least one that sells consistently — so Mast needs to make some margin on the intermediate products as well.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The key to the SawStop is its active injury mitigation (AIM) system, which sends a small electrical charge through the saw blade, and because skin is conductive, the system senses whether the blade is touched.
—Chris Arnold, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
The commissioner’s mandate was that consumers wouldn’t have to pay for home hardening certification and would be credited for each individual mitigation.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Senate Bill 672 would require companies to offer and sell property insurance to customers whose properties meet the fire hardening and mitigation standards introduced by Lara’s office and approved in 2022.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
However, all offsets are recommended only for beyond-value-chain mitigation when efforts to remove residual emissions within the value chain run out.
—Simi Thambi, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Pervasive bias against HEVs is unfortunate, as efficient HEVs are environmentally superior to inefficient PHEVs and are making an important contribution to the mitigation of climate change.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
Jen Christensen, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
The two agencies are crafting budget proposals that would give them the capacity to hire riders and do other livestock-predator mitigation work.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
Reforestation for climate mitigation doesn’t have the luxury of a high-value end product yet — or at least one that sells consistently — so Mast needs to make some margin on the intermediate products as well.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The key to the SawStop is its active injury mitigation (AIM) system, which sends a small electrical charge through the saw blade, and because skin is conductive, the system senses whether the blade is touched.
—Chris Arnold, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
The commissioner’s mandate was that consumers wouldn’t have to pay for home hardening certification and would be credited for each individual mitigation.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Senate Bill 672 would require companies to offer and sell property insurance to customers whose properties meet the fire hardening and mitigation standards introduced by Lara’s office and approved in 2022.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
However, all offsets are recommended only for beyond-value-chain mitigation when efforts to remove residual emissions within the value chain run out.
—Simi Thambi, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Pervasive bias against HEVs is unfortunate, as efficient HEVs are environmentally superior to inefficient PHEVs and are making an important contribution to the mitigation of climate change.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
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mitigation
noun
mit·i·ga·tion
ˌmit-ə-ˈgā-shən
1
: the act of mitigating or state of being mitigated
the cure, prevention, or mitigation of disease—Encyclopedia Americana
Encyclopedia Americana2
: something that mitigates
a large number of drugs and mitigations … at the clinic—Journal of the American Medical Association
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