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Mitigation

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mitigation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mitigation.html. 1828.