English-Thai Dictionary

mitigation

N การผ่อนคลาย  การ บรรเทา  alleviation moderation reduction kan-pon-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MITIGATION

n.[L. mitigatio.] Alleviation; abatement or diminution of any thing painful, harsh, severe, afflictive or calamitous; as the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment or penalty.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MITIGATION

Mit `i *ga "tion, n. Etym: [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation, fr. L.mitigatio.]

 

Defn: The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.

 

Syn. -- Alleviation; abatement; relief.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mitigation

mit i ga tion |ˌmitəˈgāSHən ˌmɪdəˈɡeɪʃən | ▶noun the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something: the emphasis is on the identification and mitigation of pollution. PHRASES in mitigation so as to make something, esp. a crime, appear less serious and thus be punished more leniently: in mitigation she said her client had been deeply depressed. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mitigatio (n- ), from the verb mitigare ‘alleviate ’ (see mitigate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

mitigation

miti |ga ¦tion |mɪtɪˈgeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something: the identification and mitigation of pollution. PHRASES in mitigation so as to make something, especially a crime, appear less serious and thus be punished more leniently: in mitigation she said her client had been deeply depressed. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mitigatio (n- ), from the verb mitigare ‘alleviate ’ (see mitigate ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mitigation

mitigation noun 1 the mitigation of the problems of rural unemployment: alleviation, reduction, diminution, lessening, easing, weakening, lightening, assuagement, palliation, cushioning, dulling, deadening; soothing, softening, relief. ANTONYMS intensification. 2 in mitigation, she said her client had been deeply depressed: extenuation, explanation, excuse; appeasement.

 

Duden Dictionary

Mitigation

Mi ti ga ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Mitigati o n |die Mitigation; Genitiv: der Mitigation, Plural: die Mitigationen 1 Medizin Abschwächung, Milderung 2 Rechtssprache veraltet Strafminderung

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mitigation

m ì t i g á tion 名詞 U 緩和, 鎮静 ; 軽減 «of » .