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Definition of Mitigatory

1. Adjective. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.

Definition of Mitigatory

1. a. Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.

Definition of Mitigatory

1. Adjective. reducing, lessening the effects of something, generally something painful or uncomfortable ¹

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Definition of Mitigatory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mitigatory

Literary usage of Mitigatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of England, During the Reign of George the Third: During the Reign by William Massey (1855)
"mitigatory But Grenville was not, as he has been commonly ie.0 represented, of a harsh and arbitrary nature. His Customs' Act had been accompanied by ..."

2. The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence (1833)
"I agree also with the Honorable Under Secretary, that nothing but very strong mitigatory circumstances should ever induce the Home Office to commute for a ..."

3. Reports of Cases by New York (State). Court of Appeals (1881)
"And again: "mitigatory facts, in the eye ,of the law, are such facts and circumstances as would induce a person of ordinary understanding to believe the ..."

4. The Legal Observer, Digest, and Journal of Jurisprudence (1833)
"Now, surely there are mitigatory circumstances in this case, in comparison with that of a man who steals the whole flock of sheep for the purpose of selling ..."

5. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"Ass., 1841), be considered a mitigatory circumstance in favor of the prisoner, ... This would not operate as a mitigatory circumstance on the part of an ..."

6. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"Ass., 1841), be considered a mitigatory circumstance in favor of the prisoner, even although the wound was susceptible of being cured. ..."

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