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mit‧i‧ga‧tion
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[uncountable]1 if you say something in mitigation, you try to make someone's crime or mistake seem less serious or show that they were not completely responsible : 
The captain added, in mitigation, that the engines may have been faulty.
in mitigation
lawSCLThe captain added, in mitigation, that the engines may have been faulty.2 formal a reduction in how unpleasant, harmful, or serious a situation is : His marriage had brought a slight mitigation of the monotony of his existence.
His marriage had brought a slight mitigation of the monotony of his existence.
