Definition 1: Reduce the severity of something, mollify, alleviate.
[@more@]Usage 1: A common false cognate is "militate". Look out for the confusion.
Suggested usage: The common idiom is "mitigating circumstances", circumstances that makes a crime more palatable, acceptable. But there is a plethora of circumstances where it applies. "I need something to mitigate the bad news I'm bringing home."
Etymology: From Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare "to soften", from mitis "soft" + -igare, related to agere to "go, drive, do", cf. "agent", "agile", and all stems on "act".
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