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mitigation
mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
noun: mitigation
the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
"the identification and mitigation of pollution"
negation
nɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
noun: negation; plural noun: negations
1.
the contradiction or denial of something.
"there should be confirmation—or negation—of the findings"
synonyms: denial, contradiction, repudiation, disproving, refutation, refuting, rebuttal, countering, disclaiming; More
nullification, cancellation, voiding, revocation, rescinding, abrogation, repeal, retraction;
disaffirmation;
raredisproval
"there should be confirmation—or negation—of the findings"
antonyms: confirmation, affirmation, substantiation
Grammar
denial of the truth of a clause or sentence, typically involving the use of a negative word (e.g. not, no, never ) or a word or affix with negative force (e.g. nothing, non- ).
Logic
a proposition whose assertion specifically denies the truth of another proposition.
"the negation of A is, briefly, ‘not A’"
Mathematics
inversion.
"these formulae and their negations"
2.
the absence or opposite of something actual or positive.
"evil is not merely the negation of goodness"
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