verb🔗ShareTo reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear."The doctor mitigated the patient's pain with medication. "disasterenvironmentmedicinebusinesslawsufferingactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo downplay."He mitigated the severity of his mistake by quickly offering to fix it. "actioneventsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareLessened, reduced, diminished"The school implemented a new tutoring program, and the mitigated failure rates are promising, indicating that the program is successfully lessening the number of failing grades. "outcomeconditionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
