Mitigate and Relent

Mitigate

Mitigate verb - To make more bearable or less severe.

Relent and mitigate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Relent" instead a verb "Mitigate".

Nearby Words: mitigation, mitigating, mitigatory

Relent

Relent verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).

Mitigate and relent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mitigate" instead a verb "Relent".

Nearby Word: relenting

Common collocations

little mitigate little relent little
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