MITIGA'TION, noun [Latin mitigatio.] Alleviation; abatement or diminution of any thing painful, harsh, severe, afflictive or calamitous; as the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment or penalty.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.