Piers Plowman (B)

477. What pleasure he [the sinner) can have in the thoughts of his former exce es, when not one drop can be procured for the mitigation of his flames. Stilling fleet, Sermons, I. x. The simple race Of mountaineers partake man's general lot With little mitigation . Words worth, Excursion, v. In mitigation of damages, in law , for the purpose of showing that the damages were le than is claimed. mitigative (mit'i-ga-tiv), a . and n . [ mit i gat if = Pr. mitigatiu = Sp. Pg. It. mitigativo , mitigativus , soothing, mitigare , soothe, mitigate: see mitigate .] I. a . Lenitive; tending to alleviate. Cotgrave . II. n. That which mitigates or tends to moderate or alleviate. Which may the feruence of loue aslake To the louer, as a mitigatiue . Remedy of Love , Prol., 1. 20. mitigator (mit'i-ga-tor), n. [= Sp. Pg. mitiga dor It. mitigatore ; as mitigate + -or.] One who or that which mitigates. mitigatory (mit'i-ga-to-ri), a. and n. [= Sp. Pg. mitigatorio, II. n. That which has power to mitigate or alleviate. He talks of hard usages, and straining points of law in cases of life, and such mitigatories. Roger North , Examen, p. 316. ( Davies .) mitingt (mi'ting), n. [ME. mytyng , myghtyng; mite2 + -ing3 .] A little one: used in endearment or in contempt. No more of this matere thou move the, Thou momel and mytyng emell. York Plays , p. 314.