Mitigation - Definition
mitigation
n 1: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation]
2: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent
an offense as less serious than it appears by showing
mitigating circumstances [syn: extenuation, mitigation]
3: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object
being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn:
moderation, mitigation]