mitigation

Words with a similar base: mitigation

'mitigation'

[extenuation.n.02] as in: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

'mitigation'

[extenuation.n.01] as in: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

'mitigation'

[moderation.n.04] as in: the action of lessening in severity or intensity

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Examples:
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions