To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
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Examples for "mitigation "
1 Environmental mitigation should be factored into every farming budget, said Mr Fraser.
2 Risk mitigation and strategic decision making are strong factors driving activity levels.
3 The firm noticed an issue last Wednesday and began its mitigation process.
4 Its plan for containment and mitigation will be published early this week.
5 Vice President Mike Pence said the mitigation efforts were having an impact.
1 The plea in extenuation of guilt and mitigation of punishment is perpetual.
2 These circumstances must be pleaded in extenuation of its shortcomings and demerits.
3 But that theory has never been advanced in extenuation of their behavior.
4 Still, I must say, there was much in extenuation of his conduct.
5 Perhaps his injustice to the Empress might likewise admit a little extenuation .
1 No witnesses had been examined, no degrees of guilt acknowledged, no palliations admitted.
2 In dealing with them, acquiescence is the best of palliations and silence the sovereign specific.
3 Nor will I aggravate my crime, by disingenuous palliations .
4 That answer of hers was quite long, quite frank, wholly free from concealments or palliations .
5 But the waiters would listen to no explanations, no palliations ; he must be placed in custody.
6 The crime of Elizabeth doubtless has palliations .
7 The present is no time for palliations .
8 He dashed away all excuses and palliations .
9 She combines the faults of a passionate woman with those of the tender-hearted woman, without having their palliations .
10 She attempted no palliations here.
11 An ordinary boy would have broken into a flood of explanations and palliations , but Owen simply bowed, and said nothing.
12 Consolations, palliations at most.
13 So these accounts of the matter you must consider as reasons and palliations , concluding, "I plead guilty, my Lord!"
14 But what, Sir!-Wouldyou ever more argue with me, as if you were a child ? - Seeking palliations , and making promises?-Promises of what, Sir?
15 Purpose: A new method of palliation of malignant obstructive jaundice is presented.
16 For patients with active disease, this regimen provides at best modest palliation .
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