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Synonyms for mitigation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mit-i-gey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪt ɪˈgeɪ ʃən



Définition of mitigation

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Latin mitigationem (nominative mitigatio), noun of action from past participle stem of mitigare (see mitigate).
  • noun alleviation
Example sentences :
  • The mitigation of that horror they condemn, resent, and often ascribe to the devil.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • What must I do, said I, to obtain a mitigation of the present sufferings of the two teachers?
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • They promised themselves some mitigation of their sufferings.
  • Extract from : « Perils and Captivity » by Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
  • But even that mitigation, for so much as it might be worth, was denied to him.
  • Extract from : « The Arbiter » by Lady F. E. E. Bell
  • Hear what his friends can say in mitigation and report to me.
  • Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven » by Abraham Lincoln
  • But is there not some way in which I could obtain a mitigation of their punishment?
  • Extract from : « Monte-Cristo's Daughter » by Edmund Flagg
  • It may be months before there is any mitigation of the lameness.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • I have no defence to offer in mitigation but that of frenzy.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 » by Various
  • But Anna Leopoldowna mitigated his punishment—what a mitigation!
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of an Empress » by Louise Muhlbach
  • What he had to do would be done more quickly without its mitigation.
  • Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King

Antonyms for mitigation

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