mitigated

[ mit-i-gey-tid ]

adjective

1. lessened in force, severity, or intensity; moderated:

   He received a mitigated sentence, with parole offered sooner than is customary.

2. (of a person, state of mind, etc.) made milder, gentler, less hostile, etc.; mollified or appeased:

   Several members expressed opinions lauding the proposal, but what is still more encouraging is the mitigated tone of its opponents.

3. Environmental Science. (of a habitat) restored or re-created in order to make up for losses due to development or agriculture:

   Here the path begins to weave among five ponds that are part of a mitigated wetland installed at the nature museum in 1998.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of mitigate.

Other Words From

• mit·i·gat·ed·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of mitigated¹

First recorded in 1540–50; mitigate ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; mitigate ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

“What we're seeing is a continued trickle of deaths - or serious near misses - from anaphylaxis that might be mitigated by this kind of change in legislation and policy,” he says.

From BBC

He added that line-of-sight issues involving the building were acknowledged, but were not mitigated or escalated to supervisors.

From BBC

“The impact will be mitigated by pension credit, by the housing benefit,” the prime minister continued.

From BBC

Some of this would be mitigated by lower education and working-age benefit spending, reflecting a new assumption that the population will fall after 2044, as birth rates remain low and net migration falls.

From BBC

According to the nonprofit, this redistribution of food, much of which was recovered from farms or wholesale produce markets, mitigated an estimated 1.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

From Salon

Related Words

• diminished