mitigation

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• Mitigation — may refer to: mitigation of global warming in climate science environmental mitigation in public administration; also, in particular: Mitigation banking The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 disaster mitigation in emergency management; also, in… …   Wikipedia

• mitigation — [ mitigasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe; de mitiger ♦ Didact. Action de mitiger. ⇒ adoucissement. Dr. Mitigation des peines : substitution, en vertu de la loi et par égard pour la faiblesse physique du condamné, d une peine plus douce à la peine infligée. ⊗… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• mitigation — UK US /ˌmɪtɪˈgeɪʃən/ noun [U] FORMAL ► a reduction in how harmful, unpleasant, or bad something is: mitigation of sth »The planning process should have addressed mitigation of damage to the environment. a mitigation plan/measure/project »For… …   Financial and business terms

• mitigation — I noun abatement, abridgment, adjustment, alleviation, assuagement, attenuation, comforting, decrease, diminishment, diminution, easing, lessening, levamentum, levatio, lightening, mitigatio, moderation, palliation, reduction, relaxation, relief …   Law dictionary

• Mitigation — Mit i*ga tion, n. [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation, fr. L. mitigatio.] The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mitigation — (n.) mid 14c., from L. mitigationem (nom. mitigatio), noun of action from pp. stem of mitigare (see MITIGATE (Cf. mitigate)) …   Etymology dictionary

• mitigation — Mitigation, Mitigatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

• Mitigation — la Mitigation (d après le mot latine mitigare) est utilisée dans le domaine du risque ou des études d impact et surtout dans les pays anglo saxons pour désigner des systèmes moyens et mesures d atténuation d effets, par exemple en matière de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• mitigation — [[t]mɪ̱tɪge͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] 1) PHRASE: PHR with cl If someone, especially in a court, is told something in mitigation, they are told something that makes a crime or fault easier to understand and excuse. [FORMAL] Kieran Coonan QC told the judge in… …   English dictionary

• mitigation — mit|i|ga|tion [ˌmıtıˈgeıʃən] n [U] 1.) in mitigation law if you say something in mitigation, you try to make someone s crime or mistake seem less serious or show that they were not completely responsible ▪ The captain added, in mitigation, that… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mitigation — noun (U) 1 in mitigation law if you say something in mitigation, you try to make someone s crime or mistake seem less serious or show that they were not completely responsible: The captain added, in mitigation, that the engines may have been… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English