Litigate vs. Mitigate

Litigateverb

To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

Litigateverb

(transitive) To contest in law.

Litigateverb

To dispute; to fight over.

Litigateverb

To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.

Litigateverb

To carry on a suit by judicial process.

Litigateverb

engage in legal proceedings

Litigateverb

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;

Mitigateverb

(transitive) To reduce, lessen, or decrease.

Mitigateverb

(transitive) To downplay.

Mitigateverb

To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.

Mitigateverb

To make mild and accessible; to mollify; - applied to persons.

Mitigateverb

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;

Mitigateverb

make less severe or harsh;

Mitigateverb

make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful

Mitigateverb

lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake)