mitigated

English

Adjective

mitigated (not comparable)

  1. lessened, reduced, diminished
    • 1924 — Herman Melville, Billy Budd ch 12
      Well, though many an arraigned mortal has in hopes of mitigated penalty pleaded guilty to horrible actions, did ever anybody seriously confess to envy?
    • 1994 July 25, Jack Winter, “How I met my wife”, in The New Yorker:
      So, after a terminable delay, I acted with mitigated gall and made my way through the ruly crowd with strong givings.

Verb

mitigated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of mitigate
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