mitigation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French mitigation, from Latin mitigatio. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === mitigation (countable and uncountable, plural mitigations) A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant. 2004, Bhattacharya, K., Azizi, P. M., Shobair, S, S,, Mohsini, M. Y., Drought impacts and potential for their mitigation in southern and western Afghanistan, IWMI (→ISBN) One possible drought mitigation strategy for Afghanistan is to divert excess water from water-rich river basins to water-scarce river basins in cases where this is technologically, economically and environmentally feasible. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mitigate mitigating mitigant ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === mitigation f (plural mitigations) mitigation === Further reading === “mitigation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012