Mitigables

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. The qualities or characteristics of being able to be lessened or reduced in intensity or severity
2. Capable of being alleviated or softened, particularly in context of impact or consequences
3. Describing situations or conditions that can be improved or made more bearable through intervention or change

Etymology: "Mitigables" is the plural of "mitigable," an adjective meaning able to be lessened or made milder. The root is the Latin "mitigare," "to make mild or soft," built from "mitis" ("mild, gentle") and "agere" ("to drive, do"). English borrowed the base from Latin in the 1600s, when "mitigate" appeared with the sense of softening pain or severity. "Mitigable" followed as a derived adjective, formed by adding the suffix "-able" to that base, and it is attested from the 17th century. The plural form "mitigables" is rare, since the adjective is normally used attributively or predicatively and seldom as a noun. When it appears in the plural, it usually stands for a set of things considered as things that can be lessened, such as penalties, damages, or problems.

Synonyms: reducible, alleviable, lessenable, easable, softenable

Antonyms: unmitigable, irreducible, unmanageable, incurable, intensifiable