Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
MITIGATION
moderation, mitigation
(noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity; “the object being control or moderation of economic depressions”
extenuation, mitigation, palliation
(noun) to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
extenuation, mitigation
(noun) a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mitigation (countable and uncountable, plural mitigations)
A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.
Source: Wiktionary
Mit`i*ga"tion, n. Etym: [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation, fr. L. mitigatio.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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