1PHRASE 为减轻罪责;为从轻处置;为了开脱 If someone, especially in a court, is told something in mitigation, they are told something that makes a crime or fault easier to understand and excuse. 为减轻罪责;为从轻处置;为了开脱 [formal]
Kieran Coonan QC told the judge in mitigation that the offences had been at the lower end of the scale.
御用大律师基兰·库南对法官说这些罪行情节较轻,希望能够从宽判决。
In mitigation, it should be pointed out that there wasn't much incentive to make world-beating wine.
作为开脱的理由也罢,应该指出酿造举世无双的葡萄酒并没有什么实际的好处。
2N-UNCOUNT 减轻;缓解;缓和Mitigation is a reduction in the unpleasantness, seriousness, or painfulness of something. 减轻;缓解;缓和 [formal]
...the mitigation or cure of a physical or mental condition.