📝 English

"The policy was implemented to mitigate risks." What does "mitigate" mean?

A Increase
B Make less severe, serious, or painful
C Eliminate completely
D Ignore

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

"Mitigate" means to make less severe, serious, or painful; to lessen the impact of something negative.

💡 Why is B) the correct answer?

The correct answer to the question ""The policy was implemented to mitigate risks." What does "mitigate" mean?" is Option B: Make less severe, serious, or painful.

The other options — A) Increase, C) Eliminate completely, D) Ignore — are incorrect for this English question. As explained above: "Mitigate" means to make less severe, serious, or painful; to lessen the impact of something negative.

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