单词 | mitigating |
释义 | mitigatingn. 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1580adj.1583 |
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