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mitigative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective mitigative has 1 sense
- mitigative(s = adj.all) alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigatory, palliative - moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear; Array Derived forms verb mitigate2, verb mitigate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
mitigative, a. [L. mitigativus: cf. F. mitigatif.].
Tending to mitigate; alleviating. [1913 Webster]
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