mollification

noun

Definition of mollificationnext
as in mitigation

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  1. mitigation
  2. decrease
  3. appeasement
Noun
  • The Federal Bureau Of Investigation has warned users to be alert to the risk and recommended mitigation methods, including: Install updates for operating systems, software and firmware as soon as they are released.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Technology tests in include regolith sampling, regolith adherence, Global Navigation Satellite System abilities, radiation tolerant computing, and dust mitigation using electrodynamic fields.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of mitigation
Noun
  • According to TfL, ridership across the network remains at 90% of pre-pandemic levels — such a decrease may not be entirely unwelcome for the commuters who remain, given overcrowding caused frequent delays.
    Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • About 22,000 fewer Californians were unemployed during this period, a decrease from 5.4 percent to 5.3 percent.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of decrease
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  • And appeasement could lead to accusations from other member states that multilateral institutions are compromising their principles.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But Republicans have long faulted the move as evidence of appeasement and are eager for the return of Trump, who in his first term pulled out of the 2015 deal with Iran.
    Brad Dress, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of appeasement
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