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mitigate
verb /ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
To reduce, lessen, or decrease.

Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility.

Syn: check, diminish, ease, lighten, mollify, pacify, palliate
Ant: exacerbate, aggrandize, aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen
See Also: mitigated, mitigating, mitigation, mitigant

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