[mass noun]the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something 缓解;缓和;减轻 the emphasis is on the identification and mitigation of pollution. 重点在于识别和减少污染。
常用词组 in mitigation
so as to make something, especially a crime, appear less serious and thus be punished more leniently 以减轻情况(尤指罪责)的严重程度 in mitigation she said her client had been deeply depressed. 为了减轻罪责,她说她的当事人一直深陷抑郁之中。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mitigatio(n-), from the verb mitigare 'alleviate' (see mitigate)