mitigated
English
Adjective
mitigated (not comparable)
- 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.
- 1924 — Herman Melville, Billy Budd ch 12
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