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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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“Mitigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mitigation. Accessed 28 Feb. 2021.
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Medical Definition of mitigation
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: the act of mitigating or state of being mitigated
the cure, prevention, or mitigation of disease — Encyclopedia Americana
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: something that mitigates
a large number of drugs and mitigations…at the clinic — Journal of the American Medical Association
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