mitigating

verb

Definition of mitigatingnext
present participle of mitigate
as in alleviating
to make more bearable or less severe this medicine should mitigate the pain until the strained muscle heals itself

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“Mitigating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mitigating. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.

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