Synonyms for Mitigation
mit·i·ga·tion

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1. extenuation, mitigation, palliationnoun

   to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

   Synonyms:
   palliation, extenuation, mitigation, moderation

2. extenuation, mitigationnoun

   a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

   Synonyms:
   palliation, extenuation, mitigation, moderation

3. moderation, mitigationnoun

   the action of lessening in severity or intensity

   "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"

   Synonyms:
   relief, moderation, moderateness, mitigation, easing, temperance, palliation, extenuation

Matched Categories

1. • Decrease
   • Excuse
   • Reduction

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1. mitigationnoun

   Synonyms:
   alleviation, moderation, relief

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1. mitigationnoun

   Synonyms:
   melioration, alleviation, assuagement

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1. List of paraphrases for "mitigation":

   mitigative, alleviation, attenuation, mitigating, reduction, mitigate, dimming, easing, abatement, reducing

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1. Stephen Reicher:

   I think we need very clear messaging and I think in certain spaces — crowded, badly ventilated spaces — masks are crucial mitigation.

2. Peter McKnight:

   We also plan to focus on vaccination, mask wearing and social distancing as the most important mitigation strategies.

3. Hope Cronin:

   CROWS efforts have been successful in identifying the highest risk cyber vulnerabilities and then working with the program offices to develop mitigation solutions to reduce those risks.

4. Gerry Liston:

   The [ German Constitutional ] court was not so much talking about the impacts of climate change on young people, but the impact of mitigation measures, if action is delayed, it will require vastly greater emissions reductions in the future and that would impose a massive burden on those alive then.

5. Michael Karner:

   This program has allowed us to test for in-school exposures -- where in the past last year, if you remember, anybody who was a close contact was quarantined. The big things for us is there must be appropriate, layered mitigation, such as social distancing and mask-wearing, if those are not being followed, then the test-to-stay program would not work for those close contacts.