Mitigation (Noun)
Meaning 1
A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
The action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The politician's apology was an attempt at mitigation, to soften the blow of the scandal that had engulfed her office.
- By returning the money she had embezzled, the employee hoped to provide mitigation for her actions.
- The defendant's lawyer presented several witnesses who testified that his client was provoked, a possible mitigation of his crime.
- In the company's investigation report, they mentioned the victim's prior involvement with the offender as a potential mitigation factor.
- After acknowledging his mistakes and expressing remorse, the football player offered several mitigation reasons for his actions, but many fans were unconvinced.