[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate .", "to make less severe:to mitigate a punishment.", "to reduce the risk or impact of harmful conditions or events:To mitigate flood damage, new building regulations are being developed.", "to make (a person, one's state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; mollify ; appease .", "Environmental Science.to restore or recreate (a habitat) in order to make up for losses due to development or agriculture:No one has tried anything on this scale before to mitigate the grasslands bird habitat."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become milder; lessen in severity."]}]