mitigation 音标拼音: [m
, ɪtɪg'eʃən]
n . 缓和,减轻,镇静
缓和,减轻,镇静
mitigation n 1 :
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [
synonym : {
extenuation }, {
mitigation }, {
palliation }]
2 :
a partial excuse to mitigate censure ;
an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances [
synonym : {
extenuation }, {
mitigation }]
3 :
the action of lessening in severity or intensity ; "
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions " [
synonym :
{
moderation }, {
mitigation }]
Mitigation \
Mit `
i *
ga "
tion \,
n . [
OE .
mitigacioun ,
F .
mitigation ,
fr .
L .
mitigatio .]
The act of mitigating ,
or the state of being mitigated ;
abatement or diminution of anything painful ,
harsh ,
severe ,
afflictive ,
or calamitous ;
as ,
the mitigation of pain ,
grief ,
rigor ,
severity ,
punishment ,
or penalty .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Alleviation ;
abatement ;
relief .
[
1913 Webster ]
175 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mitigation ":
abatement ,
about -
face ,
abridgment ,
accommodation ,
adaptation ,
adjustment ,
allayment ,
alleviation ,
allowance ,
alteration ,
amelioration ,
analgesia ,
anesthesia ,
anesthetizing ,
apostasy ,
appeasement ,
assuagement ,
attenuation ,
attrition ,
benevolence ,
betterment ,
blunting ,
break ,
calming ,
change ,
change of heart ,
changeableness ,
clemency ,
color ,
commiseration ,
compassion ,
condolence ,
constructive change ,
continuity ,
contraction ,
conversion ,
dampening ,
damping ,
deadening ,
debilitation ,
decontamination ,
decrease ,
decrement ,
decrescence ,
deduction ,
defection ,
deflation ,
degeneration ,
degenerative change ,
demulsion ,
depreciation ,
depression ,
deterioration ,
deviation ,
devitalization ,
difference ,
dilution ,
diminishment ,
diminution ,
discontinuity ,
divergence ,
diversification ,
diversion ,
diversity ,
dulcification ,
dulling ,
dying ,
dying off ,
ease ,
easement ,
easing ,
effemination ,
enervation ,
enfeeblement ,
evisceration ,
exhaustion ,
extenuating circumstances ,
extenuation ,
extenuative ,
fade -
out ,
falling -
off ,
fatigue ,
favor ,
feeling ,
fitting ,
flip -
flop ,
forbearance ,
forgiveness ,
gilding ,
gloss ,
grace ,
gradual change ,
humanity ,
hushing ,
improvement ,
inanition ,
kindness ,
languishment ,
leniency ,
lessening ,
letdown ,
letup ,
lightening ,
loosening ,
lowering ,
lulling ,
melioration ,
mercy ,
miniaturization ,
modification ,
modulation ,
mollification ,
numbing ,
overthrow ,
pacification ,
palliation ,
palliative ,
pardon ,
pathos ,
pity ,
qualification ,
quarter ,
quietening ,
quieting ,
radical change ,
re -
creation ,
realignment ,
redesign ,
reduction ,
reform ,
reformation ,
relaxation ,
relief ,
remaking ,
remedy ,
remission ,
renewal ,
reprieve ,
reshaping ,
restructuring ,
reversal ,
revival ,
revivification ,
revolution ,
ruth ,
sagging ,
salving ,
scaling down ,
self -
pity ,
shift ,
simplicity ,
slackening ,
softening ,
soothing ,
subduement ,
subtraction ,
sudden change ,
switch ,
sympathy ,
tempering ,
thinning ,
total change ,
tranquilization ,
transition ,
turn ,
turnabout ,
upheaval ,
variation ,
variety ,
varnish ,
violent change ,
weakening ,
whitewash ,
whitewashing ,
worsening MITIGATION .
To make less rigorous or penal .
2 .
Crimes are frequently committed under circumstances which are not justifiable nor excusable ,
yet they show that the offender has been greatly tempted ;
as ,
for example ,
when a starving man steals bread to satisfy his hunger ,
this circumstance is taken into consideration in mitigation of his sentence .
3 .
In actions for damages ,
or for torts ,
matters are frequently proved in mitigation of damages .
In an action for criminal conversation with the plaintiff '
s wife ,
for example ,
evidence may be given of the wife '
s general bad character for want of chastity ;
or of particular acts of adultery committed by her ,
before she became acquainted with the defendant ;
12 Mod .
R .
232 ;
Bull .
N .
P .
27 ,
296 ;
Selw .
N .
P .
25 ;
1 Johns .
Cas ,
16 :
or that the plaintiff has carried on a criminal conversation with other women ;
Bull .
N .
P .
27 ;
or that the plaintiff '
s wife has made the first advances to the defendant ,
2 Esp .
N .
P .
C .
562 ;
Selw .
N .
P .
25 .
See 3 Am .
Jur .
287 ,
313 ;
Bouv .
Inst .
Index ,
h .
t .
4 .
In actions for libel ,
although the defendant cannot under the general issue prove the crime ,
which is imputed to the plaintiff ,
yet he is in many cases allowed to give evidence of the plaintiff '
s general character in mitigation of damages .
2 Campb .
R .
251 ;
1 M . &
S .
284 .
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