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单词 mitigation
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mitigationn.

Brit. /ˌmɪtᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmɪdəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: Middle English mitigacioun, Middle English mittigacioun, Middle English mitygacioun, Middle English mutigacione, Middle English mutygacioun, Middle English mytigacioun, Middle English mytygacioun, Middle English mytygacyoun, Middle English 1600s mitigacion, Middle English–1500s mytigacion, 1500s myttigacion, 1500s mytygacion, 1500s–1600s mittigation, 1500s– mitigation; Scottish pre-1700 mitigatioun, pre-1700 1700s– mitigation.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mitigacion; Latin mītigātiōn-, mītigātiō.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mitigacion, mitigacione, mitigacioun, mitigation and Middle French mitigacion (14th cent.; French mitigation ) and their etymon classical Latin mītigātiōn-, mītigātiō toning down (of a statement), soothing (of emotions), in post-classical Latin (5th cent.) also alleviation (of physical suffering) < mītigāt- , past participial stem of mītigāre mitigate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Italian mitigazione (a1375), Spanish mitigación (1490).
1. Compassion, mercy, favour. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating
likingeOE
queemingeOE
mitigationa1382
pleasinga1382
propitiationa1425
appeasement1430
pacification1437
appeasingc1522
reconcilement1581
placation1589
reflection1607
modificationa1641
commodation1643
pacation1658
conciliation1775
making-up1816
mollification1886
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Eccles. xvii. 28 Hou gret þe merci of god & þe mytigacioun..[L. propitiatio] of hym to men conuertinge to hym.
2.
a. The action of mitigating or moderating; the fact or condition of being mitigated; an instance of this; spec. abatement or relaxation of the severity or rigour of a law, penalty, etc.; extenuation or palliation of an offence, fault, etc.; abatement or minimization of the loss or damage resulting from a wrongful act. in mitigation (Law): by way of extenuation or palliation (esp. of an offence) in order to obtain a favourable modification (of judgment, a penalty, damages).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > mitigation or alleviation
allegeancec1325
swaging1340
legeancec1390
mitigationa1400
swagea1400
allegementa1425
alleging?a1425
alleviation?a1425
lighteningc1425
queeming1440
allevation1502
soberinga1510
extenuation1542
assuagement1561
releasement1569
assuaging1580
assuage1596
mitification1607
allayment1609
palliation1813
soothing1847
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making less violent, vigorous, or severe > specific punishment or law
mitigationa1400
mitigating1580
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
waningc900
littlingOE
lessingc1350
abating1370
diminutionc1374
minishinga1382
decrease1383
remissiona1398
shrinkinga1398
decreasing1398
adminishing?c1400
abbreviation?a1425
lessening?a1425
minoration?a1425
disincrease1430
abatement1433
restrictiona1450
batea1475
diminuation1477
limitation1483
abate1486
minute1495
minishment1533
mitigation1533
diminishinga1535
extenuation1542
slacking1542
reduce1549
diminishment1551
perditionc1555
debatementa1563
rebatement1573
obstriction1578
imminution1583
contracting1585
contraction1589
rabate1589
rebating1598
retrenchmentc1600
decession1606
ravalling1609
reducement1619
decrement1621
bating1629
shrivellinga1631
decretion1635
dejection1652
abater1653
rolling back1658
limiting1677
batement1679
reduction1695
depression1793
downdraw1813
descent1832
decess1854
lowering1868
shrinkage1873
dégringolade1883
minification1894
degrowth1920
downrating1950
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] > offering an excuse > extenuation
glozing1377
colouring?1435
mincing1533
palliationa1538
polishing1646
extenuation1651
mitigation1664
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [phrase] > in mitigation
in mitigation1748
1347–8 Rolls of Parl. II. 215/1 Si mitigation ne lui soit faite de sa dite ferme.]
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 234 (MED) Þis passioun..is curid with mitigacion [L. mitigando] of þe akynge.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 243 But for þi muchel mercy, mytygacioun I beseche; Dampne me nouȝt at domis-day for þat I dede so ille.
c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 97 Bidde hym to doon mytigacion of that peyne by grace and avisement of the court.
c1475 (?a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 136 (MED) Blissed Leonard..To trist and heuy do mytygacyoun.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxviiv For the mytigacion of his peynfull sykenesse.
1533 T. More Apol. xlviii, in Wks. 924/1 Therfore nede we no such chaunge of the lawes for that purpose. But on ye tother side, what harme would come of hys mytygacions,..the whole summe and sequele of hys deuises doe more than manifestly shew.
1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 36 b It somewhat profyteth in mitigation of excessiue heate.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 71 How now for mittigation of this Bill, Vrg'd by the Commons? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 87 Ye squeak out your Coziers Catches without any mitigation or remorse of voice? View more context for this quotation
1653 Ld. Brouncker in tr. R. Descartes Excellent Compend. Musick To Rdr. sig. b2 Otocoustick Tubes..for the strengthning, continuation, and remote transvection of weake sounds, and the mitigation of strong.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xiii. 44 As for the mitigation of the fault of either side from any exteriour circumstances, I briefly adde, That [etc.].
1748 E. Moore Trial Selim 19 These Crimes successive, on your Trial, Have met with Proofs beyond Denial; To which Yourself, with Shame, conceded, And but in Mitigation pleaded.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 508 Though, as against the rightful executor or administrator, he cannot plead such payment, yet it shall be allowed him in mitigation of damages.
1788 A. Hamilton in Federalist Papers lxxiv. 269 As the sense of responsiblity is always strongest.., it may be inferred that a single man..might plead for a mitigation of the rigor of the law.
1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 221 She perspired..very freely, but without affording any mitigation of her pain.
1817 W. Cobbett Taking Leave 13 The Wolves..flew upon the fleecy fools and devoured them and their lambs without mercy and without mitigation.
1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad i. 6 A mitigation of punishment.
1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 45 William Henry murmured something in mitigation about its being an acrostic.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 566/1 He stayed at Sarai,..all winter, and..succeeded in obtaining a mitigation of the tribute.
1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 253 It was some mitigation of his unhappiness that for two hours each day his parole gave him freedom.
1961 H. McGregor Mayne & McGregor on Damages (ed. 12) i. vii. 143 The principal meaning of the term ‘mitigation’..concerns the avoiding of the consequences of a wrong.
1999 C. Dexter Remorseful Day (2000) xix. 99 He'd made only the one plea in mitigation of his sentence.
b. Something that serves to mitigate; a mitigating circumstance or provision; a palliative. Later also in Criminal Law: mitigating circumstances collectively, esp. presented or accepted in extenuation of an offence.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > one who or that which mitigates or moderates
slakea1300
mitigativea1398
allayerc1487
slaker?1518
assuager1547
abater1583
mollifier1583
mitigator1586
moderator1589
softener1599
rebater1601
lightener?1611
allay1614
swager1617
mitigation1622
temperer1630
alleviator1665
alleviative1672
sheather1762
soberera1849
buffer1858
charmer1871
suppressant1884
modifier1890
moderant1897
shock-absorber1924
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief
froverOE
comfortc1386
easec1440
sport1440
consolationc1460
recreatoryc1475
balm1540
balsamumc1540
solace1597
unction1604
balsama1616
demulceation1661
demulsion1661
alleviative1672
mitigation1726
salve1736
soother1794
consolement1797
heart-balm1828
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 209 Their manner was..to suffer them to languish long in Prison, and..to extort from them great Fines and Ransomes, which they termed Compositions and Mitigations.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vi. 103 Mitigations and Reliefs are provided..for most of the Afflictions in Humane Life.
1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 1 This seeming Mitigation but inflames; This fancy'd Medicine heightens the Disease.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 240 Which God gave them as a mitigation of their ills.
1987 S. Calligan Points to Prove (BNC) 71 A latent defect amounting to a dangerous condition is not a defence but would be good mitigation.
2000 Daily Express (Nexis) 7 Dec. At his trial, [his] defence barrister invoked the typical mitigation that his client would have to ‘live with the consequences’.
3. Probably: a soothing remedy. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consolation or relief
lightingOE
leathc1175
comfort?c1225
solacec1290
solacec1290
lithec1300
comfortingc1320
allegeancec1325
swaging1340
froa1350
releasec1350
consolationc1374
legeancec1390
reliefa1393
comfortationa1400
leathinga1400
swagea1400
allegementa1425
alleviation?a1425
recreation?a1425
refrigery?a1425
lighteningc1425
recomfortc1425
mitigation?1435
recomforting1487
recreancea1500
allevation1502
easement1533
solacy1534
ease1542
cheer1549
assuagement1561
refreshing1561
easing1580
recomfortation1585
recomforture1595
assuage1596
allevement1599
mitification1607
allayment1609
solagement1609
levation1656
solacement1721
solation1757
soulagement1777
consolement1797
de-tension1949
de-tensioning1952
tea and sympathy1953
?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 642 (MED) Ther were..ageyns hertes ffor mutygaciouns Damysyns, which with here taste delyte.
4. Softening or qualification of wording, etc. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > involving tolerance
pardon1548
mitigation1588
allowance1649
shading1817
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike Ded. sig. ¶¶v The addition, detraction, or mitigation of woordes.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 306 Hee bringeth one Text,..Iohn 16. 13..where (saith he) by all truth, is meant, at least, all truth necessary to salvation. But with this mitigation, he attributeth no more Infallibility to the Pope, than to any man that professeth Christianity, and is not to be damned.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xliv. 445 A third letter was written to the Chancellor, with more mitigation.
1895 T. Hardy Jude iii. vi. 201 There the news of her departure..was flashed upon him without warning or mitigation.
5. Taming (of an animal). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > taming or training
makinga1393
dauntingc1400
educationa1538
cicuration1623
training1677
mitigation1737
domestication1774
domiciliation1775
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xvii. v, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 547 The most envenomed serpents..admit of some mitigation, and will not bite their benefactors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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