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mitigate
Synonyms and Antonyms of mitigate
to make more bearable or less severe this medicine should mitigate the pain until the strained muscle heals itself Synonyms allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mollify, palliate, relieve, sootheRelated Words abate, lighten, moderate, soften, temper; cure, heal, remedy; amend, correct, emend, fix, mend, rectify, reform, repair; ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refineNear Antonyms harm, hurt, impair, injure; heighten, intensify, sharpenAntonyms aggravate, exacerbate
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