what does mitigation mean?

Question

A clue is like in the following sentence.." the mitigating factors include...."

Answer 1

'Mitigation' means 'to act in such a way as to cause or render an offense to seem less serious'.

Answer 2

Mitigation is a circumstance that may give fair reason to lessen the severity of something - a common example is mitigating circumstances being used as a defence if pleading guilty in a court of law, for example, you are charged with drink driving, you were over the limit, but you unknowingly had your drinks spiked .

Answer 3

mitigating factors would be those that lessen an offense or the severity of an action. They are the facts considered in sentencing someone who has been convicted of a crime, in order to give them a lighter sentence. A woman who shot her husband, for instance, might be sentenced to a shorter term in prison if one of the "mitigating factors" was that he beat her or her children.

Answer 4

mitigation

n 1: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: extenuation, palliation] 2: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances [syn: extenuation]

Answer 5

mit·i·gate (mtgt) KEY

VERB:
mit·i·gat·ed , mit·i·gat·ing , mit·i·gates
VERB:
tr.

To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve.
VERB:
intr.

To become milder.

Answer 6

is to ease or relieve. example""to ease the pain of loosing a loved one she turned to..." is the same as "to mitigate the pain of loosing..."

Answer 7

main facts

Answer 8

.....there goes your 5points!!!