mitigation

Noun

to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
the action of lessening in severity or intensity
A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mitigatio.

Synonyms

Scrabble Score: 13

mitigation: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mitigation: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mitigation: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

mitigation: valid Words With Friends Word