Synonyms for mitigation
mit·i·ga·tion

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1. extenuation, mitigation, palliationnoun

   to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

   Synonyms:
   palliation, extenuation, moderation

2. extenuation, mitigationnoun

   a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

   Synonyms:
   palliation, extenuation, moderation

3. moderation, mitigationnoun

   the action of lessening in severity or intensity

   "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"

   Synonyms:
   relief, moderation, moderateness, easing, temperance, palliation, extenuation

Matched Categories

1. • Decrease
   • Excuse
   • Reduction

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1. mitigationnoun

   Synonyms:
   alleviation, moderation, relief

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1. mitigationnoun

   Synonyms:
   melioration, alleviation, assuagement

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1. List of paraphrases for "mitigation":

   mitigative, alleviation, attenuation, mitigating, reduction, mitigate, dimming, easing, abatement, reducing

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1. Michael Karner:

   This program has allowed us to test for in-school exposures -- where in the past last year, if you remember, anybody who was a close contact was quarantined. The big things for us is there must be appropriate, layered mitigation, such as social distancing and mask-wearing, if those are not being followed, then the test-to-stay program would not work for those close contacts.

2. Stephen Reicher:

   I think we need very clear messaging and I think in certain spaces — crowded, badly ventilated spaces — masks are crucial mitigation.

3. Mohamed Adow:

   On one side of the scales, it advances a detailed process for accelerating climate mitigation goals, but, on the other side of the scales, on finance and loss and damage, it is fuzzy and vague, the missed deadline for the $ 100 billion promise doesn't get acknowledged -- and this is a key ask from vulnerable countries.

4. Brian McCloskey:

   This year for Tokyo, it got to the point where the amount of mitigation that would have been needed was more than we could ask the Japanese government to do when the Japanese government needed to be focusing on looking after its population, but that could well have changed by next year. So, it's quite possible that the outbreak will be at a level where it's manageable without any particular risk.

5. Jay Butler:

   If cases begin to go up again, particularly if they go up dramatically, it is important to recognize that more mitigation efforts such as what were implemented back in March may be needed again.