Definition of "mitigate" []

• To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate. See Synonyms at relieve. (verb-transitive)
• To become milder. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Whether or not preventative care will mitigate is debatable."
• "The easies way to mitigate is to lock down the desktops, have specific/tight firewall rules, and do content filtering."
• "Stating reasons in direct, honest terms mitigate fears you're looking for temporary job"