Both Uses of
mitigate
in
The Prince
- as the fact of becoming a prince from a private station presupposes either ability or fortune, it is clear that one or other of these things will mitigate ... many difficulties.
Chpt 6 *mitigate = make less harmful
- Those who practise the first system are able, by aid of God or man, to mitigate in some degree their rule, as Agathocles did.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
make less harmful or unpleasant