Make Less Severe or Painful

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from New York, New York!, Group 379, Puzzle 2 (Woolworth Building).

Question is: Make Less Severe or Painful

and the answer is: MITIGATE

Word Meaning:

MITIGATE — (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.

Definitions from Wiktionary.

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