mitigating

Main Entry:
mitigate [mit-i-geyt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: check, diminish, lighten
Synonyms: abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, come together, cool*, dull, ease, extenuate, lessen, meet halfway, moderate, modify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce, relieve, remit, soften, soothe, subdue, take the edge off, temper, tone down, tranquilize, weaken
Antonyms: aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen
Main Entry: extenuating
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: serving as an excuse
Synonyms: condoning, diminishing, justifying, lessening, mitigating, moderating, palliating, qualifying, reducing, sanitizing, softening, varnishing, whitewashing
Notes: mitigating is lessening or moderating; extenuating is stretching out, thinning, making less dense or compact
Main Entry: aid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: help, support
Synonyms: abet, alleviate, assist, bail out, befriend, benefact, encourage, favor, go to bat for, go with, lend a hand, lighten, mitigate, open doors for, promote, relieve, serve, stick up for, straighten out, subsidize, sustain
Notes: aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant
Antonyms: block, hinder, hurt, impede, injure, obstruct
Main Entry: allay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reduce something, usually a pain or a problem
Synonyms: abate, alleviate, assuage, calm, compose, cool out, decrease, ease, lessen, lighten, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, play up to, pour oil on, quiet, square, take the bite out, take the sting out
Antonyms: intensify, provoke, stir, worsen
Main Entry: alleviate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: relieve; lessen
Synonyms: allay, assuage, ease, lighten, mitigate, mollify, pacify, pour oil on, soft-pedal, take the bite out, take the edge off, take the sting out
Antonyms: aggravate, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify
Main Entry: ameliorate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make, become better
Synonyms: alleviate, amend, help, improve, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, relieve, step up, upgrade
Antonyms: worsen
Main Entry: appease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: satisfy, pacify
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, be enough, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, make matters up, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize
Antonyms: aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease
Main Entry: assuage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: soothe, relieve
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, pour oil on, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, take the edge off, take the sting out, temper, tranquilize
Antonyms: exacerbate, upset
Main Entry: attenuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: weaken
Synonyms: abate, constrict, contract, cripple, debilitate, deflate, disable, dissipate, enfeeble, extenuate, lessen, mitigate, sap, shrink, thin, undermine, vitiate
Antonyms: expand, increase, intensify, strengthen
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