Meaning & use
Mitigants
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Factors, actions, or substances that lessen the severity, harshness, or impact of something.
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The bank identified several mitigants that could reduce its exposure to credit risk.
Cool compresses act as mitigants for the pain of a minor burn.
A note on using this word
Common in risk-management and legal writing, where "mitigants" describe measures taken to offset or reduce identified risks.
Words with a similar meaning
mitigating factorspalliatives
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Words with an opposite meaning
aggravants
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