mitigated
adj1
Of problems or flaws Lessened, reduced, or diminished, and thereby made better, improved.
- Well, though many an arraigned mortal has in hopes of mitigated penalty pleaded guilty to horrible actions, did ever anybody seriously confess to envy?1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd ch 12:
- Generally speaking, in the summer the ore from Kiruna is sent to Narvik, and that from Gällivare to Luleå, but, as Luleå is not ice-free (as is Narvik), all traffic in the winter must go to the latter, though this is to some extent mitigated by the fact that the output of the mines tends to be lower.1958 April 23, M. D. Greville, “Norway's Most Northerly Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 240:
- Derived terms
- mitigatedly, unmitigated