The nobles protested, and Egmont was deputed to go to Madrid and try to obtain from the king a mitigation of the edicts and redress of grievances.
The removal or the mitigation of objectionable matter is also occasionally found.
Disaster mitigation is another area where watershed protection is crucial.
Seeling then stated, in mitigation, that he did what he thought was best for the prisoners.
Feckenham used all his influence with Mary "to procure pardon of the faults or mitigation of the punishment for poor Protestants" (Fuller), and he was sent by the queen to prepare Lady Jane Grey for death.
