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   Mitigating

   /ˈmidəˌɡādiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having the effect of making something bad less severe, serious, or painful: "it should have a mitigating effect on the frequency of minor flooding events"
   • ▪ lessening the gravity of an offense or mistake: "he would have faced a prison sentence but for mitigating circumstances"

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

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