Look up: Mitigation

1. Mitigation
   Measures taken to reduce adverse impacts on the environment.
   Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
   
   
2. Mitigation
   Arguments put forward by the defendant after a guilty plea, or after being judged guilty, which promote extenuating circumstances or other favourable conditions in an attempt to minimise the penalty imposed.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474
   
   
3. Mitigation
   a speech made in court when a defendant has pleaded or been found guilty - aims to persuade the court that the guilty person ought to have a more lenient sentence because of personal, family or other reasons
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
4. Mitigation
   Measures which can be taken to ameliorate the effects of development such that they are environmentally acceptable, particularly in the case of larger scale projects which are potentially intrusive such as mineral, landfill or infrastructure development. Mitigation may take the form of visual measur...
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5. Mitigation
   Techniques or requirements (e.g., conditions of development approval) aimed at reducing or neutralising identified negative environmental, economic, or social effects of a proposed activity, policy, or development.
   Found on http://www.frontierassoc.net/greenafford
   
   
6. Mitigation
   Reasons submitted on behalf of a guilty party in order to excuse or partly excuse the offence committed in an attempt to minimise the sentence
   Found on http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoa
   
   
7. Mitigation
   A claimant has a duty to limit his loss or injury where reasonably possible. Thus an employee who is wrongfully dismissed must seek alternative employment and, if he finds it, the earnings from his new employment will be offset against his damages. But he is not obliged to accept an offer of employment that is unsuited to his skills or experience.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20912
   
   
8. Mitigation
   Legal principle that the Plaintiff should take reasonable steps to limit the loss suffered as a result of the Defendants wrong doing.
   Found on http://www.tssa.org.uk/en/what-we-can-do
   
   
9. Mitigation
   Measures taken to reduce adverse impacts on the environment.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
10. Mitigation
    Mit`i·ga'tion noun [ Middle English mitigacioun , French mitigation , from Latin mitigatio .] The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamito...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/83
    
    
11. mitigation
    Steps taken to avoid or minimise negative environmental impacts. Mitigation can include: avoiding the impact by not taking a certain action; minimising impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action; rectifying the impact by repairing or restoring the affected environment; reducing the im...
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12. Mitigation
    • (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
13. mitigation
    mitigation 1. To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. 2. A partial excuse to mitigate censure. 3. An attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances. 4. Steps taken to avoid or minimize negative environmental impacts. M...
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14. Mitigation
    term usually used to refer to various changes or improvements made in a home; for instance, to reduce the average level of radon.
    Found on http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=
    
    
15. Mitigation
    To make less rigorous or penal. Crimes are frequently committed under circumstances which are not justifiable nor excusable, yet they show that the offender has been greatly tempted; as, for example, when a starving man steals bread to satisfy his hunger, this circumstance is taken into consideratio...
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m036.htm
    
    
16. mitigation
    (L: mitis mild; mitigare) to make milder or less intense or severe; to moderate.
    Found on http://www.seafriends.org.nz/books/gloss
    
    
17. Mitigation
    The action of lessening in severity or intensity i.e. “due to the mitigating circumstances of the efendant`s health the fine was reduced”
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18. Mitigation
    Action taken as part of risk management to reduce the likelihood and/or impact of a risk.
    Found on http://edinburghcontinuity.com/glossary/