mitigate (v.)
- abate
- accommodate
- adapt
- adjust
- allay
- alleviate
- alter
- ameliorate
- anesthetize
- appease
- assuage
- attemper
- attenuate
- bate
- benumb
- better
- blunt
- break
- calm
- change
- chasten
- checker
- chop
- circumscribe
- color
- condition
- constrain
- control
- convert
- cramp
- cripple
- cushion
- damp
- dampen
- de-emphasize
- deaden
- debilitate
- decrease
- deform
- degenerate
- denature
- deteriorate
- deviate
- devitalize
- dilute
- diminish
- diverge
- diversify
- downplay
- dull
- ease
- enervate
- enfeeble
- eviscerate
- exhaust
- extenuate
- fit
- flop
- foment
- hedge
- ignore
- improve
- jibe
- lay
- leaven
- lenify
- lessen
- lighten
- limit
- loose
- loosen
- lull
- meliorate
- mince
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- mollify
- mutate
- narrow
- numb
- obtund
- overthrow
- pad
- palliate
- placate
- poultice
- qualify
- rattle
- re-create
- realign
- rebuild
- reconstruct
- redesign
- reduce
- refit
- reform
- relax
- relieve
- remake
- remit
- renew
- reshape
- restrain
- restrict
- restructure
- revamp
- revive
- salve
- sap
- season
- shake
- shift
- slack
- slacken
- slake
- smother
- sober
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- stifle
- still
- subdue
- subvert
- suppress
- swerve
- tack
- tame
- temper
- turn
- unbend
- unbrace
- undermine
- underplay
- unman
- unnerve
- unstrain
- unstring
- varnish
- vary
- veer
- warp
- weaken
- whitewash
- worsen