Meaning & use
mitigated
Made less severe, serious, or painful; lessened in effect.
See it in a sentence
The damage was mitigated because the flood barriers held through the night.
Her sentence was mitigated after the judge considered her lack of prior offenses.
A note on using this word
Mitigated circumstances is a common legal phrase describing factors that reduce the severity of blame.
Words with a similar meaning
lessenedreducedeased
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Words with an opposite meaning
worsenedaggravated
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