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• v  lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
• v  make less severe or harsh
• a  made less severe or intense
  he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty

• And even though the common assumption is that hands-free technology has mitigated the more dangerous side effects of cell-phone use it's just like talking to someone sitting .
• As clothing and equipment manufacturers mitigated the first problem, and a sprawling base camp sprang up at 5,340 meters to provide warmth and food to dozens of would-be peak .
• As Friedman and Schwartz saw it, the Fed could have mitigated the crisis by cutting rates, making loans and buying bonds (so-called open-market operations).

• extenuate
• palliate
• mitigate

• unmitigated

News & Articles

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• Fitch Expects to Rate Solar Star's $700MM Series A Senior Secured Notes 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable
  NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings expects to rate the series A senior notes to be issued by Solar Star Funding, LLC (Solar Star), as follows, subject to receipt of final documentation: --$700 million senior secured notes rated 'BBB-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable. A full rating report will follow. KEY RATING DRIVERS Manageable Completion Risk: Completion risk is mitigated by a fixed-price ...
  June 11, 2013 - Business Wire

Quotes

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• Tom Harkin in International Herald Tribune
  In farm country, manure and odor management are profoundly serious challenges that can be mitigated through scientific research,Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, said in a Senate speech last week.
• Joe Trippi in International Herald Tribune
  Everyone knows Hillary Clinton can raise the money and that she has a good team, but it's mitigated by all the mumbling that she's not electable,said Joe Trippi, who managed Howard Dean's upstart 2004 presidential campaign.
• Andrea in Vancouver Sun
  The fact is, increased traffic brings increased risk,said Andrea Reimer, another Vision Vancouver councillor. "The question is, how much risk is there and how can it be mitigated."