"The Mitigating_situation is the situation that actually occurs. It is presented in a discourse to mitigate the fact that a better situation did not occur - since the FE is still preferable to an even worse situation. We didn't win $7 million, but at least I only lost $2 on lottery tickets. She didn't have time to exercise, but at least she had time to get groceries. Their hunger pains, in any event, seemed to be diminishing. He, at any rate, seemed to enjoy the party."@en . "MS" . "Mitigating_situation" . . . . . . . . . . "16782"^^ . . . . . "2016-01-28T17:15:01+01:00"^^ .