Remediate vs. Mitigate

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  • Remediate (verb)

    To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).

  • Remediate (adjective)

    Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject.

  • Remediate (adjective)

    Remedial.

  • Mitigate (verb)

    To reduce, lessen, or decrease.

  • Mitigate (verb)

    To downplay.

Wiktionary
  • Remediate (verb)

    provide a remedy for; redress or make right

    “the most serious flaws are easy to remediate”

  • Remediate (verb)

    restore by reversing or stopping environmental damage

    “contaminated land would be remediated and bought back into beneficial use”

    “use of plants to remediate soils contaminated with heavy metals”

  • Mitigate (verb)

    make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful

    “drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem”

  • Mitigate (verb)

    lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake)

    “there had been a provocation that mitigated the offence to a degree”

Oxford Dictionary

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