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- DictionaryMit·i·ga·tion/ˌmidəˈɡāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something: "the emphasis is on the identification and mitigation of pollution"
the act of reducing how harmful, unpleasant, or bad something is: effective mitigation of climate change. There has been no significant increase in funding for flood mitigation works. law specialized. something that causes you to judge a crime to be less serious, or to make a punishment less severe:
formal. the act of reducing how harmful, unpleasant, or bad something is: effective mitigation of climate change. There has been no significant increase in funding for flood mitigation works. law specialized. something that causes you to judge a crime to be less serious, or to make a punishment less severe:
Mitigation is the act of lessening or easing the harshness of a punishment, a fine, or someone's pain. In the legal world, a lawyer might ask a judge for mitigation of a particularly harsh sentence. Mitigation is the noun form of the verb mitigate, which means "to lessen in severity." After a natural disaster, the government might offer ...
verb (used with object) , mit·i·gat·ed, mit·i·gat·ing. to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate. to make less severe: to mitigate a punishment. to reduce the risk or impact of harmful conditions or events: To mitigate flood damage, new building regulations are being developed.
to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad: technologies that can mitigate global warming. mitigate damage/risk The company was criticized for failing to mitigate risks at the plant. mitigate the effects/impact of sth There isn't much more we can do to mitigate the negative effects of rising oil prices.
noun. From the Topic. Plants and trees. Definition of mitigation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the act of making a condition or consequence less severe: the mitigation of a punishment. the act of alleviating harmful or dangerous conditions or of reducing the harm inflicted by them: radon mitigation; mitigation of climate change; aircraft noise mitigation.
