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mitigation

/ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃn/noun

उच्चारण मिटिगेशन

शमन, कमी, न्यूनीकरण

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    [U] formal

    a reduction in how unpleasant, serious, painful something is

    शमन, कमी, न्यूनीकरण

    • climate change mitigation
    • The mitigation of floods requires better drainage and the planting of trees on the hills.
    • The city has a plan for flood mitigation before the monsoon.
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    • The lawyer asked the judge to consider mitigation of the sentence.
    • Poverty mitigation needs jobs as well as food.

    Synonyms reduction alleviation easing relief lessening

    Opposite aggravation intensification worsening

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Keep apart mitigate (make less severe: 'mitigate the effects of floods') and militate (have a strong effect against something: 'Poverty militates against education').

Mitigate (कम गंभीर करना: 'mitigate the effects of floods') और militate (किसी चीज़ के विरुद्ध प्रबल प्रभाव डालना: 'Poverty militates against education') को अलग रखिए।

Keep the reduce words together: mitigate, alleviate, assuage, allay (reduce fear or doubt), palliate.

कम करने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: mitigate, alleviate, assuage, allay (डर या संदेह कम करना), palliate।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Disaster mitigation, mitigating circumstances (facts that make a crime seem less serious).

Collocations: disaster mitigation, mitigating circumstances (अपराध को कम गंभीर दिखाने वाले तथ्य)।