'Mitigating' definitions:
Definition of 'Mitigating'
From: GCIDE
- Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mitigating.] [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mitigating'
From: GCIDE
- mitigating \mitigating\ adj. serving to reduce blame; -- of situations; as, mitigating factors; mitigating circumstances. Opposite of aggravating. [Narrower terms: exculpatory]
- Syn: extenuating. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'mitigating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abating,
- allaying,
- alleviating,
- alleviative,
- altering,
- analgesic,
- anesthetic,
- anodyne,
- assuaging,
- assuasive,
- balmy,
- balsamic,
- benumbing,
- blunting,
- bounding,
- cathartic,
- chastening,
- cleansing,
- cushioning,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deadening,
- demulcent,
- diminishing,
- dulling,
- easing,
- emollient,
- excusatory,
- extenuating,
- extenuatory,
- justifying,
- lenitive,
- lessening,
- limitative,
- limiting,
- mitigative,
- mitigatory,
- modificatory,
- modifying,
- modulatory,
- numbing,
- pain-killing,
- palliative,
- purgative,
- qualificative,
- qualificatory,
- qualifying,
- reducing,
- relaxing,
- relieving,
- remedial,
- restricting,
- restrictive,
- softening,
- soothing,
- subduing,
- tempering,
- vindicating