Dictionary

mitigation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mītigātiō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.
   • Two golden hours, in which the astonishing news of the intended party was revealed to Louisa, with all of its contrivances, expenses, and mitigations, so far as they were elucidated, were given and said to be "done in her honour;"... 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 213:
   • Its [the gantry crane's] noise-mitigation characteristics even include a soft-landing feature to minimise the noise when containers are lowered. 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 41:
   • Much of the arable land acquired by HS2 is being used for mitigation planting, in an attempt to achieve the goal set by HS2 Ltd for Phase 1, which will mean there should be no measurable loss of biodiversity after construction of the line compared with what was there before. 2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 34:
   • One possible drought mitigation strategy for Afghanistan is to divert excess water from water-rich river basins to water-scarce river basins in cases where this is technologically, economically and environmentally feasible. 2004, Bhattacharya, K., Azizi, P. M., Shobair, S, S,, Mohsini, M. Y., Drought impacts and potential for their mitigation in southern and western Afghanistan, IWMI

Forms

Deriveds

radiomitigation

Relateds

mitigant · mitigate · mitigating

Translations (37)

bg уталожване (reduction of something harmful) · fi hillitseminen (reduction of something harmful) · ru смягчение (reduction of something harmful) · bn আসান (reduction of something harmful) · bg облекчение (reduction of something harmful) · it riduzione (reduction of something harmful) · sv förmildrande omständighet (reduction of something harmful) · ru уменьшение (reduction of something harmful) · sh ublažavanje (reduction of something harmful) · vi sự giảm thiểu (reduction of something harmful) · sv lindring (reduction of something harmful) · sh mitigacija (reduction of something harmful) · ru облегчение (reduction of something harmful) · ca mitigació (reduction of something harmful) · pt mitigação (reduction of something harmful) · it contenimento (reduction of something harmful) · vi sự làm dịu (reduction of something harmful) · de Abmilderung (reduction of something harmful) · sh olakšavanje (reduction of something harmful) · id mitigasi (reduction of something harmful) · fi lieventäminen (reduction of something harmful) · ur تخفیف (reduction of something harmful) · nl verlichting (reduction of something harmful) · ka განელება (reduction of something harmful) · sh taženje (reduction of something harmful) · ka შემსუბუქება (reduction of something harmful) · es mitigación (reduction of something harmful) · de Erleichterung (reduction of something harmful) · sh utaživanje (reduction of something harmful) · it attenuazione (reduction of something harmful) · ar تخفيف (reduction of something harmful) · fi lievennys (reduction of something harmful) · nl opluchting (reduction of something harmful) · ga maolú (reduction of something harmful) · fr soulagement (reduction of something harmful) · sh olakšanje (reduction of something harmful) · vi sự làm nhẹ (reduction of something harmful)