vverb.communicationlessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent ofTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:extenuate mitigate palliate
Examples:- The circumstances extenuate the crime
Derivationally Related Form:mitigatorymitigativemitigationextenuationpalliation
Hypernyms:apologise apologize excuse rationalise rationalize
Inherited Hypernyms:extenuateapologizedefendarguepresentstateexpress
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.changemake less severe or harshDerivationally Related Form:mitigatorymitigativemitigationmitigable
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:mitigatedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:lightenrelieve
Full Troponyms:relieve
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adjadj.allmade less severe or intenseExamples:- he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty
Antonyms:unmitigated
Inherited Hypernyms:mitigated
Similar to:alleviated eased relieved lessened quenched satisfied slaked