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Definition of mitigate : 1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.
2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; - applied to persons.

Synonyms:

diminish, decline, increase, lower, comfort, subside, decrease, extenuate, ebb, abate, lighten

ease, alleviate, soothe, moderate, relieve, palliate, assuage, reduce, lessen, allay, study at relieve

acquit, refute, clear, exonerate, dismiss, exculpate, vindicate, forgive, excuse, pardon, absolve, apologize, avenge

reserve, modify, stipulate, temper, limit, qualify, except, allow

Usage examples:

• Pitt did his best to induce the King to mitigate the penalty in accordance with the unanimous recommendation of the court- martial; but George was inflexible, and reminded Pitt that he had himself taught the Sovereign to seek outside the House of Commons for the judgment of the English people. - "A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)", Justin McCarthy.
• The government has done very much by irrigation schemes and by the building of railways to mitigate this evil. - "India’s Problem Krishna or Christ", John P. Jones.
• We considered this find a clear indication that instead of a stove fired with wood we should, according to the custom of the Polar races, use oil- lamps to mitigate the severe cold which deprived our stay in Tintinyaranga of part of its pleasure. - "The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II", A.E. Nordenskieold.