1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"
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