MITIGATE

By SovConn | June 1, 2013

mitigate (mit-<<schwa>>-gayt), vb. To make less severe or intense <the fired employee mitigated her damages for wrongful termination by accepting a new job>. Cf. MILITATE. — mitigation,n. — mitigatory (mit-<<schwa>>-g<< schwa>>-tor-ee), adj.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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