| the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" पर्याय: moderation,
| | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious पर्याय: extenuation, palliation,
| | a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances पर्याय: extenuation,
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