"mitigate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ Audio: en-us-mitigate.ogg [US], en-au-mitigate.ogg [Australia] Forms: mitigates [present, singular, third-person], mitigating [participle, present], mitigated [participle, past], mitigated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mītigātus, from mītigō, from mītis (“gentle, mild, ripe”) + agō (“do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁i- (“mild, soft”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|mītigātus}} Latin mītigātus, {{m|la|mītigō}} mītigō, {{m|la|mītis||gentle, mild, ripe}} mītis (“gentle, mild, ripe”), {{m|la|agō||do, make}} agō (“do, make”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*meh₁i-||mild, soft}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₁i- (“mild, soft”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} mitigate (third-person singular simple present mitigates, present participle mitigating, simple past and past participle mitigated)
  1. (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to reduce or lessen): alleviate, check, diminish, ease, lighten, mollify, pacify, palliate Translations (to reduce, lessen, or decrease): смекчавам (smekčavam) (Bulgarian), облекчавам (oblekčavam) (Bulgarian), mitigar (Catalan), 缓解 (huǎnjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 减少 (jiǎnshǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), zmírnit (Czech), snížit (Czech), mitigeren (Dutch), verzachten (Dutch), lieventää (Finnish), helpottaa (Finnish), réduire (French), atténuer (French), mitiger (French), mildern (German), abschwächen (German), abmildern (German), csökkent (Hungarian), mitigare (Italian), limitare (Italian), mītigō (Latin), whakamauru (Maori), lindre (Norwegian Bokmål), formilde (Norwegian Bokmål), avbøte (Norwegian Bokmål), złagodzić (Polish), zminimalizować (Polish), zmniejszyć (Polish), mitigar (Portuguese), atenuar (Portuguese), pacificar (Portuguese), atenua (Romanian), смягчать (Russian), уменьшать (alt: строгость, суровость; наказание) (Russian), умерять (Russian), сдерживать (alt: жар, пыл) (Russian), облегчать (alt: боль, страдание) (Russian), mitigar (Spanish), lindra (Swedish), mildra (Swedish), azaltmak (Turkish), dindirmek (Turkish), hafifletmek (Turkish), yumuşatmak (Turkish), yatıştırmak (Turkish), tadil etmek (Turkish), пом'якшувати (pomʺjakšuvaty) (Ukrainian), полегшувати (polehšuvaty) (Ukrainian), зменшувати (zmenšuvaty) (Ukrainian), giảm nhẹ (Vietnamese), giảm thiểu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mitigate-en-verb-DMjFkaa- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to reduce or lessen': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'to reduce, lessen, or decrease': 98 2
  2. (transitive) To downplay. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mitigate-en-verb-ndw0Y0HC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mitigable, mitigant, mitigated, mitigating, mitigation, mitigatory Coordinate_terms: ameliorate

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1795, George Washington, Seventh State of the Union Address",
          "text": "Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1813, James Madison, Fifth State of the Union Address",
          "text": "But in yielding to it the retaliation has been mitigated as much as possible, both in its extent and in its character...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Walter Hadwen, The Case Against Vaccination",
          "text": "Then they tell us that vaccination will mitigate the disease that it will make it milder.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Cats of Ulthar",
          "text": "The plague had not been kind to him, yet had left him this small furry thing to mitigate his sorrow; and when one is very young, one can find great relief in the lively antics of a black kitten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 53",
          "text": "But then crashworthiness is not about preventing accidents, but about mitigating their consequences.",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
          "word": "alleviate"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
          "word": "check"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
          "word": "diminish"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
          "word": "ease"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
          "word": "lighten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
          "word": "mollify"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
          "word": "pacify"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
          "word": "palliate"
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          "roman": "smekčavam",
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          "word": "смекчавам"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oblekčavam",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mitigar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǎnjiě",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "缓解"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "减少"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "zmírnit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "snížit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mitigeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "verzachten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "lieventää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "helpottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "réduire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "atténuer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mitiger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mildern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "abschwächen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "abmildern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "csökkent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mitigare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "limitare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mītigō"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "whakamauru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "lindre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "formilde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "avbøte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "złagodzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "zminimalizować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "zmniejszyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mitigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "atenuar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "pacificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "atenua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "смягчать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "строгость, суровость; наказание",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "уменьшать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "умерять"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "жар, пыл",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "сдерживать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "боль, страдание",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "облегчать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mitigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "lindra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "mildra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "azaltmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "dindirmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "hafifletmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "yumuşatmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "yatıştırmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "tadil etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pomʺjakšuvaty",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "пом'якшувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "polehšuvaty",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "полегшувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zmenšuvaty",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "зменшувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "giảm nhẹ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
          "word": "giảm thiểu"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To downplay."
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        "(transitive) To downplay."
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to reduce or lessen”",
      "word": "aggrandize"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to reduce or lessen”",
      "word": "aggravate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to reduce or lessen”",
      "word": "exacerbate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to reduce or lessen”",
      "word": "incite"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to reduce or lessen”",
      "word": "increase"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to reduce or lessen”",
      "word": "intensify"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to reduce or lessen”",
      "word": "irritate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to reduce or lessen”",
      "word": "worsen"
    }
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "English verbs"
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      "word": "ameliorate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mītigātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mītigātus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mītigō"
      },
      "expansion": "mītigō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mītis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "gentle, mild, ripe"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "agō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "do, make"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₁i-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mild, soft"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₁i- (“mild, soft”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin mītigātus, from mītigō, from mītis (“gentle, mild, ripe”) + agō (“do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁i- (“mild, soft”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mitigates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitigating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitigated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitigated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mitigate (third-person singular simple present mitigates, present participle mitigating, simple past and past participle mitigated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mitigable"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitigant"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitigated"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitigating"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitigation"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitigatory"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1795, George Washington, Seventh State of the Union Address",
          "text": "Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1813, James Madison, Fifth State of the Union Address",
          "text": "But in yielding to it the retaliation has been mitigated as much as possible, both in its extent and in its character...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Walter Hadwen, The Case Against Vaccination",
          "text": "Then they tell us that vaccination will mitigate the disease that it will make it milder.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Cats of Ulthar",
          "text": "The plague had not been kind to him, yet had left him this small furry thing to mitigate his sorrow; and when one is very young, one can find great relief in the lively antics of a black kitten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 53",
          "text": "But then crashworthiness is not about preventing accidents, but about mitigating their consequences.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ],
        [
          "lessen",
          "lessen"
        ],
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "severe",
          "severe"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of problems or flaws"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To downplay."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "downplay",
          "downplay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To downplay."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-mitigate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/En-us-mitigate.ogg/En-us-mitigate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/En-us-mitigate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-mitigate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/En-au-mitigate.ogg/En-au-mitigate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/En-au-mitigate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
      "word": "alleviate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
      "word": "check"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
      "word": "diminish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
      "word": "ease"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
      "word": "lighten"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
      "word": "mollify"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
      "word": "pacify"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce or lessen",
      "word": "palliate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smekčavam",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "смекчавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oblekčavam",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "облекчавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mitigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǎnjiě",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "缓解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "减少"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "zmírnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "snížit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mitigeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "verzachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "lieventää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "helpottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "réduire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "atténuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mitiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mildern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "abschwächen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "abmildern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "csökkent"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mitigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "limitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mītigō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "whakamauru"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "lindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "formilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "avbøte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "złagodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "zminimalizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "zmniejszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mitigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "atenuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "pacificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "atenua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "смягчать"
    },
    {
      "alt": "строгость, суровость; наказание",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "уменьшать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "умерять"
    },
    {
      "alt": "жар, пыл",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "сдерживать"
    },
    {
      "alt": "боль, страдание",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "облегчать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mitigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "lindra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "mildra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "azaltmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "dindirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "hafifletmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "yumuşatmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "yatıştırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "tadil etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomʺjakšuvaty",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "пом'якшувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "polehšuvaty",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "полегшувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zmenšuvaty",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "зменшувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "giảm nhẹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to reduce, lessen, or decrease",
      "word": "giảm thiểu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mitigate"
}

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