mitigatingadjective
uk/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈmɪt̬.ə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɪŋ/formal making something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad:
Are there any mitigating circumstances/factors that might help explain her appalling behaviour?
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unmitigated
specialized law causing you to judge a crime to be less serious or to make the punishment less severe:
The jury must take into account any mitigating circumstances presented by the defence, such as previous good character.
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Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- palliative
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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mitigation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌmɪt.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɪt̬.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/formal
"I was very young at the time," he said in mitigation.