ag-, agen-, act-, agi-, agit-

An abnormal anxiety about litigation or lawsuits.

1. To engage in legal proceedings.
2. To institute legal proceedings against; to file a suit against.

1. To make something less severe, less harsh, or less violent.
2. To lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of something.
3. To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; to alleviate.
4. To lessen in force or intensity; such as, wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; to moderate.
5. To make less severe; to mitigate a punishment.
6. To make (a person, one's state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; to mollify; to appease.

1. To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
2. A partial excuse to mitigate censure.
3. An attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances.
4. Steps taken to avoid or minimize negative environmental impacts.

Mitigation can include: avoiding the impact by not taking a certain action; minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action; rectifying the impact by repairing or restoring the affected environment; reducing the impact by protective steps required with the action; and compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute resources.

1. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
2. Tending to alleviate, render mild, or to be soothing.

1. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
2. Anything which can lessen the intensity of something that is painful or distressful.

1. To plan, to record, and to control the course and position of (a ship or aircraft).
2. To follow a planned course on, across, or through.
3. To voyage over water in a boat, or a ship; to sail.