mitigated

English

Adjective

mitigated (not comparable)

1. (of problems or flaws) Lessened, reduced, or diminished, and thereby made better, improved.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd ch 12:

     Well, though many an arraigned mortal has in hopes of mitigated penalty pleaded guilty to horrible actions, did ever anybody seriously confess to envy?

   • 1958 April, M. D. Greville, “Norway's Most Northerly Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 240:

     Generally speaking, in the summer the ore from Kiruna is sent to Narvik, and that from Gällivare to Luleå, but, as Luleå is not ice-free (as is Narvik), all traffic in the winter must go to the latter, though this is to some extent mitigated by the fact that the output of the mines tends to be lower.

Derived terms

• mitigatedly
• unmitigated

Verb

mitigated

1. simple past and past participle of mitigate