mitigating

SayMIT-i-gayt-ing/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt.ɪŋ/

2 meanings of mitigating

1
adjective
Serving to lessen the severity of something bad or to make it easier to bear.
Her lawyer argued that her age and clean record were mitigating factors.
The board took no action, citing mitigating circumstances surrounding the delayed report.
Similarextenuating
Oppositeaggravating
2
verb
Present participle and gerund of mitigate.
Engineers are mitigating the risk of landslides by reinforcing the slopes above the road.
The company spent millions on mitigating the environmental harm caused by the spill.
Note
The final e of mitigate drops before -ing. After be it makes the progressive (engineers are mitigating the risk); on its own it names the action, as in spending millions on mitigating the harm. Its object is the harm being eased. Using it for preventing a problem outright, rather than softening one, is nonstandard; before a noun the same spelling is usually the adjective, as in mitigating factors.

mitigating is a form of mitigate

mitigate, verb: To lessen something bad, such as a problem or flaw, so that it becomes less severe or easier to bear. Full entry

Forms: mitigatemitigates he/she/itmitigating -ing formmitigated past tense, past participle
Spelling: mitigate → mitigating: drop the e, add -ing

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