From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mitigatio.

• IPA: /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/

mitigation

1. A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC ↗, page 213 ↗:

     Two golden hours, in which the astonishing news of the intended party was revealed to Louisa, with all of its contrivances, expenses, and mitigations, so far as they were elucidated, were given and said to be "done in her honour;"...

   • 2004, Bhattacharya, K., Azizi, P. M., Shobair, S, S,, Mohsini, M. Y., Drought impacts and potential for their mitigation in southern and western Afghanistan, IWMI (ISBN 9789290905899)

     One possible drought mitigation strategy for Afghanistan is to divert excess water from water-rich river basins to water-scarce river basins in cases where this is technologically, economically and environmentally feasible.

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• French: soulagement
• German: Erleichterung, Abmilderung
• Italian: riduzione, contenimento, attenuazione
• Portuguese: mitigação
• Russian: смягчение
• Spanish: mitigación