Word of the Day: MITIGATE

mitigate (verb) - to lessen or make less severe [mit-i-geyt]

BREAKDOWN: MIT- (mild) + IG- (drive) + -ATE (to make)

• mitigation is the process or act of mitigating

• mitigating and mitigatory means reducing or lessening the effects of something

See also: ambiguous

“You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect yourself as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.” —Kevin Mitnick