Verb (used with object) : to mitigate a punishment.    From Dictionary.com. 

Will proposed climate change legislation have a measurable mitigatory impact?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeremy Jacquot: Are We Suffering from a Climate Change Information Overload?] Reference

He said there were "highly mitigatory factors" in favour of a light sentence for.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It had been raised in the Appeal Court, as a possible mitigatory factor, that Gcaba was only one of a group of assailants.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In them were stated various mitigatory facts in their favor; and the meliorated character of the criminal code at home was also strongly urged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages] Reference

"All we can do is to plead mitigatory circumstances to our arrears situation and pray that the jury will see for itself how genuine our efforts at self-correction are.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"We are about to start an environmental impact assessment of developing the fields to see what mitigatory action might be needed to lessen impact on the environment," Martin said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

On Thursday Eksteen said that, in the first judgment, all the relevant aggravatory and mitigatory circumstances were considered and the court had concluded that the death sentence was imperatively called for.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

SDS contains the Committee on Environment and Social Impact (CESI), which is responsible for evaluating all IDB operations to address their environmental and social impact and to advise project teams and country governments on preventive and “mitigatory” strategies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inter-American Development Bank] Reference

The consternation of many is driven by the fact that in the absence of the mitigatory and ballasting influence of the U.S. presence, the central government in Baghdad may be powerless to stop men like Shaffir from turning their martial detachments into personal militias.    From Wordnik.com.  [S.D. Liddick: Hitchhiking in Anbar Province] Reference

"From my point of view, it doesn't have one scrap of mitigatory significance.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Judicial review under this section shall be limited to the imposition of a mitigatory action.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

In these circumstances, the court can impose a trust requiring her to account for any mitigatory earnings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Progressive Bloggers] Reference

From 1905 on they were in decided opposition to the existing system, and were revolutionary rather than merely mitigatory organizations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Crisis in Russia] Reference

The dire financial situation we faced in September 2008 forced us all to take extraordinary mitigatory actions to preserve the American economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics PA] Reference

The fate of one of these prisoners was uncertain; some mitigatory circumstances having come to light since his trial, which had been humanely represented in the proper quarter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people] Reference

In reviewing the Council's imposition of a mitigatory action, the court shall rescind or dismiss only those mitigatory actions it finds to be imposed in an arbitrary and capricious manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

I am glad that this case exhibits such atrocity; unmarked as it is by any mitigatory feature, it may stop the frightful advance of this calamity; it will be met now, and marked with vengeance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Public Speaking] Reference

But Cissie said merely that "Letty was in an awful state," and after Mr. Britling had given her a few instructions for his typing, he went down to the cottage to repeat these mitigatory considerations to Letty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Britling Sees It Through] Reference

Developing countries would commit to nationally appropriate mitigatory action, to achieve a decline in their emissions on condition that they received finance, technology and capacity building support from developed countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference

CHENNAI: In what promises to change not only flood management but also urban planning in Chennai and its suburbs, the Anna University is preparing the first-ever contour map of the city which will determine the run-off pattern of water during the monsoon and help the authorities take mitigatory measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

For any plan required under this section, a financial company subject to stricter prudential standards may, not later than 30 days after receipt of the Council's notice under subsection (e) (5), bring an action in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the home office of such company is located, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for an order requiring that the requirement for a mitigatory action be rescinded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edward Harrison: The Trojan Horse In The Financial Reform Bill] Reference

For any plan required under this section, a financial company subject to stricter prudential standards may, not later than 30 days after receipt of the Council's notice under subsection (e) (5), bring an action in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the home office of such company is located, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for an order requiring that the requirement for a mitigatory action be rescinded.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference