Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MIT-I-GA'TION
MIT-I-GA'TION, n. [L. mitigatio.]
Alleviation; abatement or diminution of any thing painful, harsh severe, afflictive or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment or penalty.
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