MITIGATION Definition & Meaning

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mitigation

[ mit-i-gey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances:
Social support is the most important factor in the mitigation of stress among adolescents.
the act of making a condition or consequence less severe:
the mitigation of a punishment.
the act of alleviating harmful or dangerous conditions or of reducing the harm inflicted by them:
radon mitigation;
mitigation of climate change;
aircraft noise mitigation.
the process of becoming milder, gentler, or less severe.
a mitigating circumstance, event, or consequence.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of mitigation¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Anglo-French, Middle French mitigacion, from Latin ��پ��پ�ō��-, stem of ��پ��پ�ō, equivalent to ��پ��(�ܲ�), past participle of ��پ�� “to calm, soften, soothe” + -��ō -ion ( def ); mitigate ( def )

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“The process that we’re currently utilizing for debris removal, soil testing, environmental mitigation, as well as the reconstruction process — we are literally reducing the timeline of rebuilding by as much as 50%,” he said.

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The issue remains a concern for the race as the latest fires happened despite mitigation measures that had been put in place after Friday's practice session was also red-flagged twice for the same reason.

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So far, most efforts to reduce all these effects and their growing impact involves voluntary mitigations, not significant regulation.

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More than 50 years later, a new Canadian experiment aims to tackle dust mitigation; its company's president, Jacob Kleiman, told Salon dust is "one of the hottest topics" in moon exploration.

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In mitigation, barrister Rosalind Burgin said Warner had been deeply "impacted" by a brief spell in prison in 2022 and that she now campaigned in less disruptive ways as a result.

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