mitigated

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