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   Mit·i·gate

   /ˈmidəˌɡāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make less severe, serious, or painful: "he wanted to mitigate misery in the world"
   • ▪ lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake): "there had been a provocation that mitigated the offense to a degree"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin mitigat- ‘softened, alleviated’, from the verb mitigare, from mitis ‘mild’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mitigable adjective
   • 2. mitigative adjective
   • 3. mitigatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • G

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   • A

     1

   • T

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   • E

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