mitigation

CEFRC1

/mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/

noun

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01
noun
The act of making something less harmful, serious, or painful.
02
noun
Extra detail
A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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One possible drought mitigation strategy for Afghanistan is to divert excess water from water-rich river basins to water-scarce river basins in cases where this is technologically, economically and environmentally feasible.
Two golden hours, in which the astonishing news of the intended party was revealed to Louisa, with all of its contrivances, expenses, and mitigations, so far as they were elucidated, were given and said to be "done in her honour;"...
Its [the gantry crane's] noise-mitigation characteristics even include a soft-landing feature to minimise the noise when containers are lowered.

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Much of the arable land acquired by HS2 is being used for mitigation planting, in an attempt to achieve the goal set by HS2 Ltd for Phase 1, which will mean there should be no measurable loss of biodiversity after construction of the line compared with what was there before.
2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 34
Its [the gantry crane's] noise-mitigation characteristics even include a soft-landing feature to minimise the noise when containers are lowered.
2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 41

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From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mitigatio.