mitigation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
Types & categories
- reduction hypernym
Related & opposite
- palliate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
Types & categories
- exculpation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the action of lessening in severity or intensity
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- mince derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | palliate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mitigate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | palliate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | exculpation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mince |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | abatement |