Mitigation (Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell)

When you're tired. Your decision-making skills erode. You
start missing things—things that you would pick up on
any other day."

The term used by linguists to describe what Klotz was
engaging in in that moment is "mitigated speech," which
refers to any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning
of what is being said. We mitigate when we're being polite,
or when we're ashamed or embarrassed, or when we're being
deferential to authority. If you want your boss to do you a
favor, you don't say, "I'll need this by Monday." You mitigate. You say, "Don't bother, if it's too much trouble, but
if you have a chance to look at this over the weekend, that
would be wonderful." In a situation like that, mitigation is
entirely appropriate. In other situations, however—like a
cockpit on a stormy night—it's a problem.

Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde