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mitigating
(encz) | mitigating,uklidňující adj: luke |
mitigating
(encz) | mitigating,zmírňující adj: luke |
mitigating
(gcide) | mitigating \mitigating\ adj.
serving to reduce blame; -- of situations; as, mitigating
factors; mitigating circumstances. Opposite of aggravating.
[Narrower terms: exculpatory]
Syn: extenuating.
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Mitigating
(gcide) | Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mitigating.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to
soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do,
drive.]
1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful,
etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish;
to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate
grief.
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2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to
persons. [Obs.]
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This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
--Burke.
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Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.
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mitigating circumstance
(encz) | mitigating circumstance, n: |
Mitigating
(gcide) | mitigating \mitigating\ adj.
serving to reduce blame; -- of situations; as, mitigating
factors; mitigating circumstances. Opposite of aggravating.
[Narrower terms: exculpatory]
Syn: extenuating.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mitigating.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to
soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do,
drive.]
1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful,
etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish;
to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate
grief.
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2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to
persons. [Obs.]
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This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
--Burke.
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Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.
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mitigating circumstance
(wn) | mitigating circumstance
n 1: (law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but
which reduces the penalty associated with the offense |
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