mitigator

Meanings

• Noun

  A person or thing that reduces the severity or effect of something, especially a mistake or a problem.

  - "The apology was a mitigator for the harsh words he had spoken."
  - "The fine was a mitigator for the traffic violation."
  - "His good deeds served as a mitigator for his past mistakes."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with mitigator
mitigate , hominate , animate , anaglyptaate , contemplate

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Variants

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mitigate , mitigated , mitigates , mitigating , mitigative , mitigator , mitigators , mitigatory

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Etymology

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Middle English (as a verb): from the Latin mitigare, from mitis ‘mild’.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'mitigator' is often used in legal contexts, but it can also be used more broadly to refer to anything that reduces the severity or effect of something.

2. In chemistry, a mitigator is a substance that reduces the toxicity of another substance.

3. The term 'mitigate' comes from the Latin word 'mitigare', which means 'to make mild or gentle'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Damage control: The process of managing negative situations or public perception, often using mitigators to lessen the impact.

2. Mitigation: The act of reducing the severity or effect of something, often used in legal contexts.

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Quotes

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1. At the far end of the room is a sliding glass door, taped with an X to "mitigate" shattering. The framing is flimsy, and rattles from mortar rounds even a half mile away.

   - William Langewiesche,{it}Atlantic{/it},May 2005

2. … a genre novel whose inevitable cinematic ending doesn't "mitigate" the visceral and emotional power of what has come before. It lingers in the memory like a very bad dream.

   - Joyce Carol Oates,{it}New York Review of Books{/it},14 Aug. 2003

3. For 65 holes Norman dominated the classic rolling fairways and small, subtle greens of Olympic … with driving and iron play so solid that it "mitigated" mediocre putting.

   - Jaime Diaz,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},8 Nov. 1993

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Culture

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In literature, mitigators are often used in legal contexts to lessen the blame or severity of an action or situation. In art, mitigators can refer to elements that soften or reduce the intensity of a color or emotion.

How to Memorize "mitigator"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person or thing softening or reducing the intensity of a situation, such as a soft rain mitigating a drought.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of reducing or softening, such as a soft pillow as a mitigator for a headache.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'mitigator' as something that 'makes it tighter', but in a good way, such as mitigating a dispute between parties.

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