mitigate

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from + , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
 * 2)  To downplay.
 * 1)  To downplay.
 * 1)  To downplay.
 * 1)  To downplay.
 * 1)  To downplay.
 * 1)  To downplay.
 * 1)  To downplay.

Usage notes
Particularly used as mitigate a problem or flaw. Contrast with.

This word is often misused to mean “operate” or “influence”. For this meaning, the correct word is, followed by “against” or “in favour of”. Mitigate is never followed by these expressions.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: zmírnit,
 * Danish: mitigere
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: mītigō
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: whakamauru
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lindre, formilde, avbøte
 * Ottoman Turkish: قیرمق
 * Polish:, zminimalizować,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: смягчать, уменьшать ( строгость, суровость; наказание ); умерять, сдерживать ( жар, пыл ); облегчать ( боль, страдание )
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, , , , ,
 * Ukrainian: пом'якшувати, полегшувати, зменшувати
 * Vietnamese: ,