AskDefine | Define mitigated

Dictionary Definition

mitigated adj : made less severe or intense; "he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty" [ant: unmitigated]

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English

Adjective

  1. lessened, reduced, diminished

Quotations

  • 1924 — Herman Melville, Billy Budd ch 12
    Well, though many an arraigned mortal has in hopes of mitigated penalty pleaded guilty to horrible actions, did ever anybody seriously confess to envy?

Verb

mitigated
  1. past of mitigate

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