I've never understood mitigate to mean a complete reduction of harm. In that case, you would use a word like "solved" or "fixed". "Mitigate" is used when the fi

I've never understood mitigate to mean a complete reduction of harm. In that case, you would use a word like "solved" or "fixed". "Mitigate" is used when the fixing is only partial. > What's interesting is that both examples seem to use the term in a way that suggests that it does mean full-and-complete mitigation I think that is for extra clarity. Both definitions say that mitigation is a partial effect "less severe" or "lessen the gravity of".