mitigation
mitigation · mitigations
поміркованість
уменьшение, облегчение, смягчение
Erleichterung, Abmilderung
A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasantA reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.
/mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/
» There's a mitigation in the translation.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.
Erleichterung, Abmilderung
смягчениеsmjaxčenije, уменьшениеumenʹšenije, облегчениеoblexčenije
More definitions
- the action of lessening in severity or intensity
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
Examples
2 sentencesThere's a mitigation in the translation.
As mitigation, it could have been you.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
reduction of something harmful:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
reduction of something harmful:
Origin
From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mītigātiō.From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mītigātiō.
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Forms
plural: mitigations| Singular | mitigation |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- the action of lessening in severity or intensity:moderation
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious:extenuationpalliation
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances:extenuation
Word family
4 related wordsDerivedradiomitigation
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable