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单词 mitigating
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mitigatingn.

Brit. /ˈmɪtᵻɡeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪdəˌɡeɪdɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s–1700s mitigating, 1600s mittigating.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mitigate v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < mitigate v. + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
The action of mitigate v.; mitigation. Also: an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making less violent, vigorous, or severe > specific punishment or law
mitigationa1400
mitigating1580
1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers i. sig. Gv Wherfore for the mitigating of his sorowes, hee called his sonne vnto him.
1582 R. Browne Treat. 23 Matt. in R. Harrison & R. Browne Writings (1953) 218 Yet it is with horrible tolerations of the same things in others, and with..mitigatings, relentings & protestings, in most shamefull manner.
1602 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 290 In hoip God vill assist ws, be mitigating off baith your lordschips myndis touardis..ws.
1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata lxiv. 142/2 A mitigating or lessening of punishment is done by banishment, exiling..or..proscription.
a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) iii. xv. 287 The power of mitigating is inseperable from that of instituting.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Deliniment, a mitigating or asswaging.
2001 www.ceptualinstitute.com 20 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) In systems that are intricately interconnected (being holistically competent) no event or act goes un-reflected back to its point of origin. Better expressed - ‘mutual mitigatings, inseparable because of their engaged communication’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mitigatingadj.

Brit. /ˈmɪtᵻɡeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɪdəˌɡeɪdɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s– mitigating, 1600s mittigating.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mitigate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < mitigate v. + -ing suffix2.
That mitigates; alleviating, extenuating, moderating. Frequently in mitigating circumstances n. (also in singular) chiefly Law a fact or situation which reduces culpability for an offence and permits greater leniency in judgment or punishment; = extenuating circumstances at extenuating adj.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > extenuating
mincing1581
mitigating1583
extenuating1607
favourable1693
palliating1710
palliative1748
extenuatory1807
extenuative1827
palliatory1845
mitigatory1868
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]
shrinking?a1400
welkinga1400
moderativec1487
thinning1551
wanzing1571
decreasing1591
restricting1606
lessening1611
waning1632
assuaging1651
limiting1656
mitigating1749
diminishing1793
decrescent1811
shrivelling1849
dropping1894
scanting1916
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > making less violent or severe
allayingOE
temperativec1430
moderativec1487
moderating1583
softening1600
tempering1612
appeasing1648
modulating1751
palliating1758
mitigatory1813
chastening1814
mildening1842
mitigating1903
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] > humane > making > specifically a condition or custom
mitigating1903
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xxii. 252 You shall the rather vse a more mitigating remedie.
1612 J. Webster White Divel F 2 Beare me hence, Vnto this house of what's your mittigating Title? Mon. Of conuertites.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. iv. 69 The injection of an anodine, or mitigating glister.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. xi. 278 I..have more than once applied to the Judge on the Behalf of such [highwaymen] as have had any mitigating Circumstances in their Case. View more context for this quotation
1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 233 He could see no mitigating circumstances, no redeeming merit.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. lxxviii. 267 Will wished that she would speak and bring some mitigating shadow across his own cruel speech.
1903 R. D. Shaw Pauline Epist. 323 The Mosaic legislation [dealing with slavery] was essentially mitigating and restricting.
1980 ‘L. Cody’ Dupe (1981) xxix. 217 Even if that was not the case, there were too many mitigating factors.
1993 Arena May–June 18/1 Any scumbag rapist finding himself in court armed with a decent barrister..could use this ‘addiction’ as a mitigating circumstance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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