The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated;
abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive,
or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity,
punishment, or penalty.
1. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot. 2. To corrupt; to make foul. Private suits do putrefy the public good....