MOLLIFICATION Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

mollification

noun

Definition of mollification

as in mitigation

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Noun

That same month, AQMD ordered the company to craft a mitigation plan after residents submitted 900 complaints within a week.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
The latest toll was given by disaster mitigation agency BNPB in an update Saturday afternoon local time.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of mitigation

Noun

Most towns saw a decrease in Democratic turnout compared to 2018, but towns with competitive Congressional or state Democratic primaries were more likely to see an increase.

— Angela Eichhorst, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
Despite police data that shows a sustained decrease in CTA crime, the agency continues to take heat on safety.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of decrease

Noun

Both the June and July moderations came largely because of easing in the CPI energy index, which is down 7% from its May historical peak.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Access controls, rights management, retention policies, regional restrictions, moderation and auditability cannot exist as disconnected documentation living somewhere in legal or compliance.

— Tal Lev-Ami, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of moderation

Noun

Stephen Colbert’s award-winning Late Show was canceled in a move that many have labeled political appeasement, and the flagship evening newscast baselessly recast the January 6 insurrection as a partisan squabble.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
One way out of the doom and gloom would be for Winnipeg to announce the aforementioned Hellebuyck appeasement.

— Murat Ates, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of appeasement

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But his legacy of poverty alleviation in the early 2000s may be working against him today, with public expectations around the economy high.

— Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026
Once a deeply impoverished and remote region, Fuping county has been a posterchild for success in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s poverty alleviation campaign over the previous decade – and officials are keen to continue to find ways to boost growth.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of alleviation

Noun

But this season feels much more expansive than its predecessors, warning of the personal and professional diminishment that may lie ahead in the increasingly insecure future that tech moguls have promised.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
One experiment, conducted in England, looked at how people understand the diminishment of ordinary bird species like the common cuckoo and the house sparrow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of diminishment

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