mitigated
Reduced the severity
Mitigated means made less severe, harsh, or painful.
It's the past tense of mitigate: The medication mitigated her symptoms.
Mitigating circumstances are factors that partially excuse wrongdoing or reduce punishment: His difficult childhood was considered a mitigating factor at sentencing.
Unlike eliminated, mitigated suggests reduction rather than removal—the problem remains, just lessened.
No longer anxious
- easedMade less severe
- reducedMade less in amount
- lessenedMade or became smaller
- diminishedMade or became smaller
lightened · assuaged · palliated · allayed · tempered · abated · dulled · quelled
Oversaw or coped
- restrainedHeld under control
- containedKept within limits
- curbedLimited or checked
- checkedConfirmed by examination
limited · regulated · constrained · suppressed · dampened · inhibited · governed · monitored
Reduced to smallest extent
- reducedMade less in amount
- hedgedAvoided definite commitment
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- managedOversaw or coped
assessed · addressed · anticipated · prepared · prevented · avoided · insured · safeguarded
Partially excusing wrongdoing
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
damages · penalty · defense · clemency · leniency · excuse · justification · diminished capacity
relieved
No longer anxious
diminished · lightened · assuaged · palliated · allayed · tempered · abated · dulled · quelled · blunted
managed
Oversaw or coped
- restrainedHeld under control
- containedKept within limits
- curbedLimited or checked
checked · limited · regulated · constrained · suppressed · dampened · inhibited · governed · monitored · restricted
minimized
Reduced to smallest extent
managed · assessed · addressed · anticipated · prepared · prevented · avoided · insured · safeguarded · protected
extenuating
Partially excusing wrongdoing
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
liability · damages · penalty · defense · clemency · leniency · excuse · justification · diminished capacity · provocation
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
mitigatedexacerbated
Increased severity of
aggravated · worsened · intensified · increased · amplified
mitigatedunmitigated
Not diminished or moderated
unadulterated · undiminished · unrelieved · unqualified · untempered
- mitigating circumstancesConditions lessening apparent guilt
- mitigating factorConsideration lessening culpability
- risk mitigationReducing exposure to threats
- damage mitigationReducing harm's extent
- flood mitigationReducing overflow damage risk
- climate change mitigationLessening greenhouse gas output
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