mitigating
/ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/
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American sound/ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/
mitigating
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mi - ti - ga - ting -> mitigating
Myanmar meaning
(adj) လျော့ပါးနိုင်စေသော။ သက်သာစေသော။ လျှော့ပေါ့ခွင့်ပြုနိုင်သော။
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mitigate /'mÇtÇgeÇt / v (fml )
လျော့ပါးစေသည်။ သက်သာစေသည်။
mitigate sb's suffering/ anger/ anxiety ❍ mitigate the severity of a punishment ❍ mitigate the effects of global warming. Compare MILITATE
❏ mitigating adj လျော့ပါးနိုင်စေသော။ သက်သာစေသော။ လျှော့ပေါ့ခွင့် ပြုနိုင်သော။ mitigating circumstances/ factors (ie those that partially excuse a mistake or crime).
❏ mitigation /mÇtÇ'geÇʃn / n [U] သက်သာစေခြင်း။ လျှော့ပေါ့ ပေးခြင်း။
In mitigation (ie In order to make a crime appear less serious), the lawyer said her client had been deeply depressed. ပြစ်ဒဏ်လျှော့ပေါ့ပေးရန် လျှောက်လဲ ခြင်း။
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alleviate, lessen, ease, allay, moderate, take the edge off, diminish, tone down, dull, soften, assuage, relieve, mollify, abate, appease, blunt, calm, check, come together, cool, extenuate, lighten, meet halfway, modify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce, remit, soothe, subdue, temper, tranquilize, weaken
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