mitigation
nounid
3279·updated May 9, 2026verified
The application of one or more measures to reduce the likelihood of an unwanted occurrence and/or lessen its consequences.
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Control95%rule-basedr:entity.control.safeguard.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- extenuationmoderationpalliation
- alternatephrasing
- Mitigation
- plural
- mitigations
- possessive
- mitigation's
- pluralpossessive
- mitigations'
Framework definitions
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1 · extended_definition_available
- The application of one or more measures to reduce the likelihood of an unwanted occurrence and/or lessen its consequences.
- §1
- the action of lessening in severity or intensity
- §2
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- §3
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure
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Incoming relationships
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