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litigation, mitigation
litigation (LIT i gay" shuhn) (noun)
A contested legal case before the courts: Alisa was an exceptional lawyer who specialized in litigation in trials.
mitigation (MITI gay" shuhn) (noun)
The act of making something, usually a crime, less harsh or serious, or not as painful: During the conference, the two lawyers agreed to the mitigation of the sentence of the court.

The mitigation of the sentence by the judge, from life in prison to time served for the accused, brought an end to any further litigation.

This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 60) Confusing Words Clarified: Group L; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 4) litig-, litiga-, litigat- + (page 1)
mitigation (s) (noun), mitigations (pl)
The method or result of effecting something to be less threatening, painful, cruel, detrimental, or serious: Dr. Thompson's main concern was the mitigation of his wife's suffering.

Jim came home late one evening and in mitigation told his mother that he had helped a neighbor who wanted to cross the busy road to get home.

In the year of the terrible floods, the government offered mitigation to those who had suffered by losing their homes.

Mitigation can include avoiding the impact by not taking a certain action, minimizing consequences by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action, rectifying the impact by repairing or restoring the affected environment, reducing the impact by protective steps required with the action, and compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute resources.

This entry is located in the following units: ag-, agen-, act-, agi-, agit- (page 12) -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 64) miti- (page 1)