Both Uses of
mitigate
in
Wuthering Heights
- I represented your failings in a plain light, for the purpose of mitigating her adoration.
p. 77.4 *mitigating = making less harmful or unpleasant
- Linton's looks and movements were very languid, and his form extremely slight; but there was a grace in his manner that mitigated these defects, and rendered him not unpleasing.†
p. 157.4mitigated = made less harmful or unpleasant
Definition:
make less harmful or unpleasant