mitigate

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If the owner chooses to mitigate, that is the business judgment made by the owner.

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  1. transitive verb To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve.
  2. intransitive verb To become milder.

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  • A main focus was how to avoid, or at least mitigate, the recurring slumps in economic activity. —  Seeker Blog
  • I think regardless if we mitigate or not there will still be adaptation costs. —  RealClimate
  • Nor did it analyze and debunk any alternative ways, other than holding physicians civilly liable, that the state might try to mitigate or avoid that harm. —  FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
  • And then with respect to the regulatory lag issue that you want to mitigate, any developments on legislative or the policy issues that you can share with us since September? —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Prevention and Mitigations: steps that developers can take to mitigate or eliminate the weakness. —  doggdot.us
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  1. Middle English mitigaten, from Latin mītigāre, mītigāt- : mītis, soft + agere, to drive, do; see act.

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  1. from Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare (later Italian mitigare = Spanish Portuguese mitigar = French mitiger), make mild, gentle, soft, or tender, from mitis, mild, etc., + agere, make: see agent.
 

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