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mit·i·ga·tion | \ ˌmi-tə-ˈgā-shən 
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\ plural mitigations
Definition of mitigation
: 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
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nounmit·i·ga·tion | \ ˌmit-ə-ˈgā-shən \
\Medical Definition of mitigation
1 : the act of mitigating or state of being mitigated the cure, prevention, or mitigation of disease — Encyclopedia Americana
2 : something that mitigates a large number of drugs and mitigations…at the clinic — Journal of the American Medical Association
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