mitigate
verb/MIT-i-gayt/
to make something less severe
🐂 Teacher Bull ki zubaani (Hinglish)
Mitigate yaani kisi bure asar ko kam karna — nuksaan ko halka karna.
Meanings & examples
- 1. verb
to make something bad less severe, serious or painful
- “Planting trees can mitigate the effects of pollution.”
- “The bank took steps to mitigate the risk of fraud.”
💡 Memory trick
MITIGATE = put a MITT on the GATE so the blow hurts less.
Synonyms
alleviateeasereduce
Antonyms
aggravateworsen
⚠️ Don't confuse with
- militate — "Mitigate" means lessen; "militate (against)" means to work against something.