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Old Mon Apr 05, 2010, 05:45pm
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Originally Posted by mbyron View Post
'Mitigate' comes from a Latin root meaning to soften or lessen the harshness of something bad or painful.
One of my favorite words. I love it when the judge, at my sentencing hearings, starts off with the phrase, "Due to mitigating circumstances...".
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