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Mitigant (adjective)
Tending to mitigate.
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Mitigant (noun)
Something that mitigates; a lenitive.
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Mitigate (verb)
To reduce, lessen, or decrease.
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Mitigate (verb)
To downplay.
Wiktionary
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Mitigate (verb)
make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful
“drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem”
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Mitigate (verb)
lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake)
“there had been a provocation that mitigated the offence to a degree”
Oxford Dictionary