| 单词 | mitigation |
| 释义 | mitigation (once / 6102 pages) n Mitigation is the act of lessening or easing the harshness of a punishment, a fine, or someone's pain. In the legal world, a lawyer might ask a judge for mitigation of a particularly harsh sentence. Mitigation is the noun form of the verb mitigate, which means "to lessen in severity." After a natural disaster, the government might offer mitigation, in the form of aid, to ease people’s suffering. If someone tries to make an offense seem less serious by offering an excuse, that's also mitigation. If you miss your curfew, you might state in mitigation that you came home late because you were helping an old lady cross the street. WORD FAMILYmitigation: mitigations+/mitigable: unmitigable/mitigate: mitigable, mitigated, mitigates, mitigating, mitigation, mitigative, mitigatory/mitigated: unmitigated/unmitigable: unmitigably/unmitigated: unmitigatedest, unmitigatedly USAGE EXAMPLESProsecutors objected at every turn, and Gergel wouldn't allow any of it into court, ruling mitigation evidence is allowable during sentencing and not before. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) "Mitigation capabilities," says Jonathan Hunter, CEO of Department 13, "are therefore limited." Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Prosecutors objected at every turn, and Gergel wouldn’t allow any of it into court, ruling mitigation evidence is allowable during sentencing and not before. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the action of lessening in severity or intensity Syn|Hypo|Hyper moderation abatement the act of abating abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something 2n acting in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious Syn|Hyper extenuation, palliation decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something 3n a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances Syn|Hyper extenuation alibi, exculpation, excuse, self-justification a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. |
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