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mitigate

verb

To reduce the severity, seriousness, or harmful effect of something.

Make less severe

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alleviate lessen ease moderate reduce temper

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extenuating

adjective

Making a fault or difficult situation seem less serious or blameworthy.

Reducing blame

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mitigating excusing

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palliative

adjective

Easing the effects or severity of a problem without necessarily removing its cause.

Easing effects

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alleviating relieving mitigating soothing alleviative lenitive

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