mitigates
Makes less severe
Mitigates means makes less severe, serious, or painful.
A good lawyer mitigates damages; aspirin mitigates a headache.
Nothing could mitigate the harshness of the sentence.
Mitigating circumstances don't excuse an action but make it more understandable, potentially reducing punishment or blame.
alleviates
Reduces severity of
- easesReduces severity or difficulty
- relievesLessens or substitutes for
- diminishesBecomes smaller or weaker
softens · reduces · moderates · tempers · lightens · attenuates · dampens · cushions · buffers · minimizes
effect on severity or intensity
mitigatesexacerbates
Makes more severe
aggravates · worsens · intensifies · amplifies · magnifies
degree of resolution
mitigateseliminates
Removes from consideration
eradicates · solves · cures · resolves · abolishes
- 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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