mitigate

About 1.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
2. verb To downplay.
3. verb To give force or effect toward preventing a problem.

   We've mitigated against the chance of flooding.

4. adjective Mitigated, alleviated.

Similar words

extenuate palliate alleviate relief easing assuage relieve alleviation allay relax

Often followed by

the against this their its or his these damages and

Word family

mitigated mitigates mitigating mitigating circumstances mitigating circumstances/factors mitigating factors mitigative mitigator mitigators mitigatory