MITIGATED

mitigated

(adjective) made less severe or intense; “he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

mitigated (not comparable)

lessened, reduced, diminished

Verb

mitigated

simple past tense and past participle of mitigate

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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