noun

• 1The reduction of something, especially something undesirable, to the smallest possible amount or degree.

  ‘more needs to be done to ensure harm minimization when it comes to drugs’

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  • ‘the company is committed to the prevention of injury and the minimization of risk’

  1. 1.1The representation or estimation of something at less than its true value or importance.
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     • ‘despite his minimization of the situation, this is not a small outbreak’