Reduce the Seriousness of Something

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Fantasy World , Group 864, Puzzle 3 (Fortresses).

Question is: Reduce the Seriousness of Something

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.