Giảm nhẹ, làm dịu bớt, làm cho đỡ

to mitigate a punishment

giảm nhẹ sự trừng phạt

to mitigate one's anger

bớt giận

Moderate, temper, reduce, abate, lessen, decrease, relieve,ease, ease up (on), relax, alleviate, remit, assuage, allay, letup (on), slacken, slacken up (on), tone down, lighten, appease,palliate, mollify, calm, tranquillize, soothe, placate, quiet orchiefly Brit quieten, still, soften, dull, blunt, take the edgeoff, US lighten up (on): The pain was mitigated by takingaspirin. The relief organizations did their best to mitigate theeffects of the disaster.

Make milder or less intense or severe; moderate (youroffer certainly mitigated their hostility). °Often confusedwith militate.

Mitigating circumstances Law circumstancespermitting greater leniency.

Mitigable adj. mitigation n.mitigator n. mitigatory adj. [ME f. L mitigare mitigat- f.mitis mild]