Defn: Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive. Johnson.
MITIGATE
Mit"i*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mitigating.] Etym: [L. mitigatus, p.p. of mitigare to soften,
mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do, drive.]
1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.
2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; — applied to persons. [Obs.] This opinion … mitigated kings into companions. Burke.
Syn.
— To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.
MITIGATION Mit`i*ga"tion, n. Etym: [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation, fr. L. mitigatio.]
Defn: 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.
Syn.
— Alleviation; abatement; relief.
MITIGATIVE
Mit"i*ga*tive, a. Etym: [L. mitigativus: cf. F. mitigatif.]
Defn: Tending to mitigate; alleviating.