mitigation
Making less severe
Mitigation is the act of making something less severe, harmful, or painful.
In legal contexts, mitigation of damages refers to a victim's duty to minimize losses: The court reduced the award because the plaintiff failed to mitigate.
Climate discussions distinguish mitigation (reducing emissions) from adaptation (adjusting to effects).
Flood mitigation measures protected the downtown area.
Becoming reduced in degree
- diminutionReduction in size
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- abatementDecrease in force
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
alleviation · moderation · softening · easing · tempering · attenuation · minimization · palliation
Imposing legal punishment
- extenuating circumstancesFactors reducing culpability
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- defenseProtection against harm
plea · culpability · liability · damages · negligence · punishment · judgment · settlement
Uncertain possible event
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- countermeasureDefense against a threat
- preparednessState of being equipped
resilience · vulnerability · exposure · assessment · planning · strategy · insurance · backup
Purchased reduction equivalent
- emissions reductionLowering pollutant output
- pollution controlReducing environmental contamination
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- remediationAct of correcting faults
sustainability · sequestration · restoration · reforestation · erosion control · waste reduction · renewable energy · habitat protection
lessening
Becoming reduced in degree
- diminutionReduction in size
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- abatementDecrease in force
curtailment · alleviation · moderation · softening · easing · tempering · attenuation · minimization · palliation · amelioration
sentencing
Imposing legal punishment
- extenuating circumstancesFactors reducing culpability
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
defense · plea · culpability · liability · damages · negligence · punishment · judgment · settlement · restitution
contingency
Uncertain possible event
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- countermeasureDefense against a threat
preparedness · resilience · vulnerability · exposure · assessment · planning · strategy · insurance · backup · redundancy
carbon offset
Purchased reduction equivalent
- emissions reductionLowering pollutant output
- pollution controlReducing environmental contamination
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
remediation · sustainability · sequestration · restoration · reforestation · erosion control · waste reduction · renewable energy · habitat protection · biodiversity
- Climate Changeglobal warming, greenhouse gases, climate change, carbon dioxide, CO2
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- disaster preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plans, evacuation plan, early warning systems, storm shelter
- reliefrelief, phew, whew, ease, easing
- Criminal Defensedefense attorney, defense lawyer, defense strategy, defense team, defense witness
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
mitigationexacerbation
Making something more severe
aggravation · worsening · intensification · amplification · escalation
mitigationprevention
Stopping something before occurring
elimination · eradication · cure · neglect · inaction
mitigationburden
Oppressive weight or duty
strain · distress · hardship · oppression · imposition
- 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