MITIGATION Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word mitigation. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MITIGATION
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| moderation | nounn | |||||||
noun • quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes • a change for the better • the trait of avoiding excesses • the action of lessening in severity or intensity | ||||||||
| palliation | nounn | |||||||
noun • easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause • to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious | ||||||||
| abatement | nounn | |||||||
noun • an interruption in the intensity or amount of something • the act of abating | ||||||||
| alleviation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced • the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | ||||||||
| diminishing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so | ||||||||
| easing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a change for the better • the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | ||||||||
| lessening | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a change downward | ||||||||
| reduction | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of decreasing or reducing something • any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent • the act of reducing complexity | ||||||||
| tempering | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • hardening something by heat treatment adjective satellite • moderating by making more temperate | ||||||||
| extenuation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances • to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious | ||||||||
